’Isthatall？’answeredthemouse；’thatneedn’tdistressyoumuch。Justtrustinme，andbeforethesunsetsagainyoushallhearthatyourtaskisdone。’Andwiththesewordsthelittlecreaturescamperedawayintothefields。
Ferko，whoneverdoubtedthatthemousewouldbeasgoodasitsword，laydowncomfortedonthesoftgrassandsleptsoundlytillnextmorning。Thedaypassedslowly，andwiththeeveningcamethelittlemouseandsaid，’Nowthereisnotasinglestalkofcornleftinanyfield；theyareallcollectedinonebigheaponthehilloutthere。’
ThenFerkowentjoyfullytotheKingandtoldhimthatallhedemandedhadbeendone。AndthewholeCourtwentouttoseethewonder，andwerenolessastonishedthantheyhadbeenthefirsttime。ForinaheaphigherthantheKing’spalacelayallthegrainofthecountry，andnotasinglestalkofcornhadbeenleftbehindinanyofthefields。Andhowhadallthisbeendone？Thelittlemousehadsummonedeveryothermouseinthelandtoitshelp，andtogethertheyhadcollectedallthegraininthekingdom。
TheKingcouldnothidehisamazement，butatthesametimehiswrathincreased，andhewasmorereadythanevertobelievethetwobrothers，whokeptonrepeatingthatFerkowasnothingmorenorlessthanawickedmagician。OnlythebeautifulPrincessrejoicedoverFerko’ssuccess，andlookedonhimwithfriendlyglances，whichtheyouthreturned。
ThemorethecruelKinggazedonthewonderbeforehim，themoreangryhebecame，forhecouldnot，inthefaceofhispromise，putthestrangertodeath。Heturnedoncemoretothetwobrothersandsaid，’Hisdiabolicalmagichashelpedhimagain，butnowwhatthirdtaskshallwesethimtodo？Nomatterhowimpossibleitis，hemustdoitordie。’