Out goes the squire again to Hans.

'The way lies straight forward, south through the wood,' said he.

Hans then must have his provisions for the journey; two bakings
of bread, two casks of butter, two barrels of ale, and two kegs
of brandy. He tied all these up together, and got them on his
shoulder hanging on his good walking-stick, and off he tramped
southward.

After he had got through the wood, there was more than one road,
and he was in doubt which of them was the right one, so he sat
down and opened up his bundle of provisions. He found he had
left his knife at home, but by good chance, there was a plough
lying close at hand, so he took the coulter of this to cut the
bread with. As he sat there and took his bite, a man came riding
past him.

'Where are you from?' said Hans.

'From Purgatory,' said the man.

'Then stop and wait a little,' said Hans; but the man was in a
hurry, and would not stop, so Hans ran after him and caught the
horse by the tail. This brought it down on its hind legs, and
the man went flying over its head into a ditch. 'Just wait a
little,' said Hans; 'I am going the same way.' He got his
provisions tied up again, and laid them on the horse's back; then
he took hold of the reins and said to the man, 'We two can go