him; and he talked with the King, and told him everything, all about
the castle. "Well," said the King to him, "you shall know in the
morning from my birds, whether they know anything or not." Jack put up
his horse in the stable, and then went to bed, after having something
to eat. And when he got up in the morning the King and he went on to
some field, and there the King made some funny noise, and there came
all the fowls that were in all the world. And the King asked them;
"Did they see the fine castle?" and all the birds answered, No.
"Well," said the King, "where is the great bird?" They had to wait
then for a long time for the eagle to make his appearance, when at
last he came all in a perspiration, after sending two little birds
high up in the sky to whistle on him to make all the haste he possibly
could. The King asked the great bird, Did he see the great castle? and
the bird said: "Yes, I came from there where it now is." "Well," says
the King to him; "this young gentleman has lost it, and you must go
with him back to it; but stop till you get a bit of something to eat
first."

They killed a thief, and sent the best part of it to feed the eagle on
his journey over the seas, and had to carry Jack on his back. Now when
they came in sight of the castle, they did not know what to do to get
the little golden box. Well, the little mouse said to them: "Leave me
down, and I will get the little box for you." So the mouse stole into
the castle, and got hold of the box; and when he was coming down the
stairs, it fell down, and he was very near being caught. He came
running out with it, laughing his best. "Have you got it?" Jack said
to him; he said: "Yes;" and off they went back again, and left the
castle behind.

As they were all of them (Jack, mouse, frog, and eagle) passing over