they worked hard for many hours . at length grew hungry , so the young woman was sent home to bring them food , and also to give the horses their dinner . when she went into the stables , she suddenly saw the heavy pack - saddle of the speckled mare just over her head . she jumped and said to herself : ' suppose that pack - saddle were to fall and kill me , how dreadful it would be ! ' and she sat down just under the pack - saddle she was so much afraid of , and began to cry . now the others out on the moor grew hungrier and hungrier . ' what can have become of her ? ' asked they . at length the mother declared that she would wait no longer , and must go and see what had happened . as the bride was nowhere in the kitchen or the dairy , the old woman went into the stable . she found her daughter weeping bitterly . 
the young woman did not come back with their dinner .
why did the other family members grow hungrier and hungrier ?
why did the other family members grow hungrier and hungrier ?