The boy runs ahead of the man and asks again for a job, this time successfully after claiming that he cannot read.
As his master is a wizard, the boy's reading teaches him some magic and he is then able to transform into any animal.
He then attempts to have a red-hot nail driven into the horse's mouth, as this will stop the transformation.
The wizard attempts to purchase the ring but the girl refuses as it has fallen from heaven.
The wizard continues to offer ever increasing amounts of money until the boy, in fear, transforms into a grain of barley.