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009 - Bash-Chalek or True Steel · Serbian Fairy Tales

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  Speaker 1: Section nine of Serbian fairy Tales. This is a LibriVox recording.
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  Speaker 1: by Anna Goss, Serbian fairy Tales, translated by Elody Miyatovitch
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  Speaker 1: Bosh Chalek or true Steel. Once upon a time there
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  Speaker 1: was a king who had three sons and three daughters.
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  Speaker 1: At length, old age overtook him, and the hour came
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  Speaker 1: for him to die. While dying, he called to him
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  Speaker 1: his three sons and three daughters and told his sons
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  Speaker 1: to let their sisters marry the very first men who
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  Speaker 1: came to ask them in marriage. Do this, or dread
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  Speaker 1: my curse, said he, and soon after expired. Some time
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  Speaker 1: after his death, there came one night a great knocking
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  Speaker 1: at the gate. The whole palace shook, and outside was
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  Speaker 1: heard a great noise of squeaking, singing, and shouting, whilst
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  Speaker 1: lightnings played round the whole court of the palace. The
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  Speaker 1: people in the palace were very much frightened, so that
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  Speaker 1: they shook for fear, when all at once someone shouted
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  Speaker 1: from the outside, O, Princes open the door. Thereupon the
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  Speaker 1: king's eldest son said, do not open. The second son added,
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  Speaker 1: do not open for anything in the world. But the
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  Speaker 1: youngest son said, I will open the door, and he
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  Speaker 1: jumped up and opened it. The moment he had opened
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  Speaker 1: the door, something came in, but the brother could see
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  Speaker 1: nothing except a bright light in one part of the room.
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  Speaker 1: Out of this light came these words, I have come
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  Speaker 1: to demand your eldest sister for wife, and I shall
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  Speaker 1: take her away this moment without any delay, for I
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  Speaker 1: wait for nothing, Neither will I come a second time
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  Speaker 1: to ask for her. Therefore, answer me quickly, will you
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  Speaker 1: give her or not? The eldest brother said, I will
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  Speaker 1: not give her. How can I give her when I
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  Speaker 1: cannot see you and do not know who you are,
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  Speaker 1: nor whence you come. You come tonight for the first
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  Speaker 1: time and wish to take her away instantly? Should I
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  Speaker 1: not know where I can visit my sister sometimes? The
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  Speaker 1: second said, I will not give my sister to night
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  Speaker 1: to be taken away. But the youngest said, I will
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  Speaker 1: give her if you will not. Have you forgotten what
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  Speaker 1: our father commanded us, And with these words, taking his
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  Speaker 1: sister by the hand, he gave her away, saying may
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  Speaker 1: she be to you a happy and honest wife. As
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  Speaker 1: the sister passed over the threshold, everyone in the palace
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  Speaker 1: fell to the ground from fear. So vivid was the lightning,
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  Speaker 1: and loud the claps of thunder, the heavens seemed to
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  Speaker 1: be on fire, and the whole sky rumbled, so that
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  Speaker 1: the whole palace shook as if about to fall. All this, however,
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  Speaker 1: passed over, and soon after the day dawned. When it
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  Speaker 1: grew light enough, the brothers went to see if any
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  Speaker 1: trace was left of the mighty power to whom they
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  Speaker 1: had given their sister, so that they might be able
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  Speaker 1: to trace the road by which it had gone. There was, however,
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  Speaker 1: nothing which they could either see or hear. The second night,
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  Speaker 1: about the same time, there was heard again round the
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  Speaker 1: whole palace a great noise, as if an army was
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  Speaker 1: whistling and hissing. And at length someone at the door
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  Speaker 1: cried out, open the door, O princes. They were afraid
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  Speaker 1: to disobey, and opened the door, and some dreadful power
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  Speaker 1: began to speak, give here the girl, your second sister.
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  Speaker 1: I am come to demand her. The eldest brother answered,
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  Speaker 1: I will not give her away. The second brother said,
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  Speaker 1: I will not give you my sister. But the youngest said,
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  Speaker 1: I will give her. Have you forgotten what our father
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  Speaker 1: told us to do? So he took his sister by
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  Speaker 1: the hand and gave her over, saying, take her. May
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  Speaker 1: she be honest and bring you happiness. Then the unseen
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  Speaker 1: noises departed with the girl. Next day, as soon as
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  Speaker 1: it dawned, all three brothers walked round the palace and
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  Speaker 1: for some distance beyond, looking everywhere for some trace where
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  Speaker 1: the power had gone, but nothing could be seen or heard.
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  Speaker 1: The third night, at the same hour as before, again
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  Speaker 1: the palace rocked from its very foundations, and there was
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  Speaker 1: a mighty uproar outside. Then a voice shouted open the door.
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  Speaker 1: The sons of the king arose and opened the door,
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  Speaker 1: and a great power passed by them and said, I
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  Speaker 1: am come to demand your youngest sister. The eldest and
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  Speaker 1: the second son shouted, no, we will not give our
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  Speaker 1: sister this third night. At any rate, we will know
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  Speaker 1: before our youngest sister goes away from our house, to
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  Speaker 1: whom we are giving her, and where she is going,
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  Speaker 1: so that we can come to visit her whenever we
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  Speaker 1: wish to do so. Thereupon, the youngest brother said, then
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  Speaker 1: I will give her. Have you forgotten what our father
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  Speaker 1: on his deathbed recommended us? It is not so very
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  Speaker 1: long ago. Then he took the girl by the hand
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  Speaker 1: and said, here she is, Take her, and may she
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  Speaker 1: bring you happiness and be happy herself. Then instantly the
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  Speaker 1: power went away with a great noise. When the day dawned,
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  Speaker 1: the brothers were very anxious about the fate of their sister,
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  Speaker 1: but could find no trace of the way in which
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  Speaker 1: she had gone. Some time after, the brothers, speaking together, said,
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  Speaker 1: it is really very one wonderful what has happened to
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  Speaker 1: our sisters. We have no news, no trace of them.
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  Speaker 1: We do not know where they are gone, nor whom
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  Speaker 1: they have married. At last, they said to each other,
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  Speaker 1: let us go and try to find our sisters. So
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  Speaker 1: they prepared immediately for their journey, took money for their
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  Speaker 1: traveling expenses, and went away in search of their three sisters.
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  Speaker 1: They had traveled some time when they lost their way
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  Speaker 1: in a forest and wandered about a whole day. When
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  Speaker 1: it grew dark, they thought they would stop for the
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  Speaker 1: night at some place where they could find water. So,
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  Speaker 1: having come to a lake, they decided to sleep near
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  Speaker 1: it and sat down to take some supper. When the
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  Speaker 1: time for sleep came, the eldest brother said, I will
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  Speaker 1: keep watch while you sleep, and so the two younger
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  Speaker 1: brothers went to sleep, and the eldest watched. In the
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  Speaker 1: middle of the night, the lake began to be greatly agitated,
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  Speaker 1: and the brother who was watching grew quite frightened, especially
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  Speaker 1: when he saw something coming towards him from the middle
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  Speaker 1: of the lake. When it came near, he saw that
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  Speaker 1: it was a terrific alligator with two ears, and it
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  Speaker 1: ran at him. But he drew his knife and struck
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  Speaker 1: it and cut off its head. When he had done this,
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  Speaker 1: he cut off the ears also and put them in
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  Speaker 1: his pocket. The body and the head, however, he threw
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  Speaker 1: back into the lake. Meanwhile, the day began to dawn,
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  Speaker 1: but the two brothers slept on and knew nothing of
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  Speaker 1: what their eldest brother had done. At length, he awakened them,
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  Speaker 1: but told them nothing. So they went on their travels together.
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  Speaker 1: When the next day was closing and it began to
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  Speaker 1: go dark, they took counsel with each other where they
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  Speaker 1: should rest for the night and where they should find water.
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  Speaker 1: They felt also afraid because they were approaching some dangerous mountains,
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  Speaker 1: coming to a small lake, they resolved to rest there
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  Speaker 1: that night, and having made a fire, they placed their
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  Speaker 1: things near it and prepared to sleep. Then the second
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  Speaker 1: brother said, this night, I will keep guard whilst you sleep.
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  Speaker 1: So the two others fell asleep, and the second brother
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  Speaker 1: remained watching. All At once the lake began to move,
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  Speaker 1: and lo an alligator with two heads came running to
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  Speaker 1: swallow up the three. But the brother who watched, grasped
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  Speaker 1: his knife, felled the alligator to the ground with one
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  Speaker 1: blow and cut off both the heads. Having done this,
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  Speaker 1: he cut off the two pairs of ears, put them
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  Speaker 1: in his pocket, and threw the body into the water,
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  Speaker 1: and the two heads after it. The other brothers, however,
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  Speaker 1: knew nothing about the danger which they had escaped, and
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  Speaker 1: continued to sleep very soundly till the morning dawned. Then
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  Speaker 1: the second brother awoke them, saying, arise, my brothers, it
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  Speaker 1: is day. And they instantly jumped up and prepared to
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  Speaker 1: continue their journey. But they knew not in what country
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  Speaker 1: they now were, and as they had eaten up nearly
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  Speaker 1: all their food, they feared greatly lest they should die
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  Speaker 1: of hunger in that unknown land. So they prayed God
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  Speaker 1: to give them sight of some city or village, or
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  Speaker 1: at least that they might meet some one to guide them,
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  Speaker 1: for they had already been wandering three days up and
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  Speaker 1: down in a wilderness, and could see no end to it.
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  Speaker 1: Pretty early in the morning they came to a large
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  Speaker 1: lake and resolved to go no further, but remained there
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  Speaker 1: all day, and also to spend the night there. For
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  Speaker 1: if we go on, said they, we are not sure
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  Speaker 1: that we shall find any more water near which we
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  Speaker 1: can rest. So they remained there. When evening came, they
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  Speaker 1: made a great fire, took their frugal supper, and prepared
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  Speaker 1: to sleep. Then the youngest brother said, this night I
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  Speaker 1: will keep guard whilst you sleep. And so the other
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  Speaker 1: two went to sleep, and the youngest brother kept awake,
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  Speaker 1: looking sharply about him, his eyes being turned often towards
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  Speaker 1: the lake. Part of the night had already passed, when
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  Speaker 1: suddenly the whole lake began to move. The waves dashed
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  Speaker 1: over the fire and half quenched it. Then he drew
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  Speaker 1: his sword and placed himself near the fire. As there
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  Speaker 1: appeared a great alligator with three heads, which rushed upon
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  Speaker 1: the brothers as if about to swallow them all three.
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  Speaker 1: But the youngest brother had a brave heart and would
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  Speaker 1: not awaken his brothers. So he met the alligator and
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  Speaker 1: gave him three blows in succession, and at each blow
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  Speaker 1: he cut off one of the three heads. Then he
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  Speaker 1: cut off the six ears and put them in his pocket,
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  Speaker 1: and threw the body and the three heads into the lake.
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  Speaker 1: Whilst he was thus busy, the fire had quite gone out,
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  Speaker 1: so he, having nothing there with which he could light
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  Speaker 1: the fire, and not wishing to awaken his brothers from
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  Speaker 1: their deep slumbers, stepped a little way into the forest
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  Speaker 1: with the hope of seeing something with which he might
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  Speaker 1: rekindle the fire. There was, however, no trace of any
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  Speaker 1: fire anywhere. At last, in his search he climbed up
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  Speaker 1: a very high tree, and, having reached the top, looked
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  Speaker 1: about on all sides. After much looking, he thought he
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  Speaker 1: saw the glare of a fire not very far off.
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  Speaker 1: So he came down from the tree and went in
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  Speaker 1: the direction in which he had seen the fire, in
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  Speaker 1: order to get some brand with which he might again
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  Speaker 1: light the fire. He walked very far on this errand,
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  Speaker 1: and though the glare seemed always near him, it was
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  Speaker 1: a very long time before he reached it. Suddenly, however,
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  Speaker 1: he came upon a cave, and in the cave a
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  Speaker 1: great fire was burning. Round it sat nine giants, and
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  Speaker 1: two men were being roasted, one on each side of
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  Speaker 1: the fire. Besides that, there stood upon the fire a
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  Speaker 1: great kettle full of the limbs of men, ready to
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  Speaker 1: be cooked. When the king's son saw that, he was
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  Speaker 1: terrified and would gladly have gone back, but it was
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  Speaker 1: no longer possible. Then he shouted as loud and cheerfully
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  Speaker 1: as he could, good evening, my dear comrades, I have
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  Speaker 1: been a very long time in search of you. They
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  Speaker 1: received him well, saying welcome. If thou art of our company.
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  Speaker 1: He answered, I shall remain yours forever, and would give
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  Speaker 1: my life for your sake. Eh, said they. If you
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  Speaker 1: intend to be one of vas, you know you must
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  Speaker 1: also eat man's flesh and go out with us in
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  Speaker 1: search of prey. The king's son answered, certainly, I shall
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  Speaker 1: do everything that you do. Then come and sit with USh.
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  Speaker 1: Cried the giants, and the whole company sitting round the fire,
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  Speaker 1: took meat out of the kettle and began to eat.
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  Speaker 1: The king's son pretended to eat also, but instead of eating,
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  Speaker 1: he always threw the meat behind him, and thus deceived them.
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  Speaker 1: When they had eaten up the whole of the roasted meat,
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  Speaker 1: the giants got up and said, let us now go
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  Speaker 1: to hunt, that we may have meat for tomorrow. So
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  Speaker 1: they went away, all nine of them. The king's son,
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  Speaker 1: making the tenth, come along. They said to him, there
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  Speaker 1: is a city near in which a great king lives.
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  Speaker 1: We have been supplying ourselves with food from that city
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  Speaker 1: a great many years. As they came near the city,
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  Speaker 1: they pulled two tall pine trees up by the roots
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  Speaker 1: and carried them along with them. Having come to the
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  Speaker 1: city wall, they reared one pine tree up against it
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  Speaker 1: and said to the king's son, go up now to
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  Speaker 1: the top of the wall, so that we may be
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  Speaker 1: able to give you the other pine tree, which you
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  Speaker 1: must take by the top and throw down into the city.
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  Speaker 1: Take care, however, they said, to keep the top of
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  Speaker 1: the tree in your hands, so that we can go
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  Speaker 1: down the stem of it into the city. Thereupon the
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  Speaker 1: king's son climbed up on the wall and then cried
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  Speaker 1: out to them, I don't know what to do. I
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  Speaker 1: am not acquainted with this place, and I don't understand
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  Speaker 1: how to throw the tree over the wall. Please, one
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  Speaker 1: of you come up and show me what I must do.
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  Speaker 1: Then one of the giants climbed up the tree placed
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  Speaker 1: against the wall, caught the top of the other pine tree,
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  Speaker 1: and threw it over the wall, keeping the top all
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  Speaker 1: the time safe in his hand. Whilst he was thus standing,
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  Speaker 1: the king's son drew his sword, struck him on the neck,
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  Speaker 1: and cut his head off, so that the giant fell
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  Speaker 1: down into the city. Then he called to the other
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  Speaker 1: eight giants, your brother is in the city. Come one
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  Speaker 1: after another so that I can let you also down
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  Speaker 1: into the city. And the giants, not knowing what had
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  Speaker 1: happened to the first one, climbed up one after the other,
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  Speaker 1: and thus the King's son cut off their heads till
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  Speaker 1: he had killed all the nine. After that, he himself
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  Speaker 1: slowly descended the pine tree and went into the city,
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  Speaker 1: walking through the streets, but there was not one living
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  Speaker 1: creature to be seen. The city seemed quite deserted. Then
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  Speaker 1: he said to himself, surely those giants have made this
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  Speaker 1: great devastation and carried all the people away. After walking
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  Speaker 1: about a very long time, he came to a tall tower,
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  Speaker 1: and looking up, he saw a light in one of
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  Speaker 1: the rooms. So he opened the door and went up
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  Speaker 1: the steps into the room. And what a beautiful room
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  Speaker 1: it was in which he had entered. It was decorated
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  Speaker 1: with gold and silk and velvet, and there was no
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  Speaker 1: one there except a girl lying on a couch sleeping.
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  Speaker 1: As soon as the king's son entered, his eyes fell
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  Speaker 1: upon the girl, who was exceedingly beautiful. Just then he
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  Speaker 1: saw a large serpent coming down the wall, and it
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  Speaker 1: had stretched out its head and was ready to strike
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  Speaker 1: the girl on the forehead between the eyes. So he
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  Speaker 1: drew his dagger very quickly and nailed the snake's head
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  Speaker 1: to the wall, exclaiming God grant that my dagger may
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  Speaker 1: not be taken out of the wall by any hand
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  Speaker 1: but my own. And thereupon he hurried away and passed
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  Speaker 1: over the city wall, climbing up and going down the
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  Speaker 1: pine trees. When he got back to the cavern where
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  Speaker 1: the giants had been, he plucked a brand from the
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  Speaker 1: fire and ran away very quickly to the spot where
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  Speaker 1: he had left his brothers, and found them still sleeping.
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  Speaker 1: He soon lighted the fire again, and meanwhile, the sun
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  Speaker 1: having arisen, he awoke his brothers and they arose, and
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  Speaker 1: all three continued their journey. The same day they came
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  Speaker 1: to the road leading to the city. In that city
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  Speaker 1: lived a mighty king who used to walk about the
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  Speaker 1: streets every morning, weeping over the great destruction of his
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  Speaker 1: people by the giants. The king feared greatly that one
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  Speaker 1: day his own daughter might also be eaten up by
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  Speaker 1: one of them. That morning, he rose very early and
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  Speaker 1: went to look about the city. The streets were all empty,
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  Speaker 1: because most of the people of the city had been
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  Speaker 1: eaten up by the giants. Walking about, he at last
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  Speaker 1: observed a tall pine tree pulled up quite by the
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  Speaker 1: roots and leaning against the city wall. He drew near
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  Speaker 1: and saw a great wonder nine giants, the frightful enemies
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  Speaker 1: of his people, were lying there, with their heads cut off.
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  Speaker 1: When the king saw that, he rejoiced exceedingly, and all
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  Speaker 1: the people who were left gathered round and praised God
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  Speaker 1: and prayed for good health and good luck to those
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  Speaker 1: who had killed the giants. At that moment, a servant
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  Speaker 1: came running to tell the king that a serpent had
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  Speaker 1: very nearly killed his daughter. So the king hurried back
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  Speaker 1: to the palace and went quickly to the room wherein
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  Speaker 1: his daughter was, and there he saw the snake pinned
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  Speaker 1: to the wall with a dagger through its head. He
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  Speaker 1: tried to draw the knife out, but he was not
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  Speaker 1: able to do so. Then the king sent a proclamation
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  Speaker 1: to all the corners of the kingdom, announcing that whoever
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  Speaker 1: had killed the nine giants and nailed the snake to
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  Speaker 1: the wall should come to the King, who would make
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  Speaker 1: him great presents and give him his daughter for a wife.
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  Speaker 1: This was proclaimed throughout the whole kingdom. The king ordered
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  Speaker 1: moreover that large inns should be built on the principal roads,
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  Speaker 1: and that every traveler who passed by should be asked
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  Speaker 1: if he had ever heard of the man who had
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  Speaker 1: killed the nine giants, and any traveler who knew anything
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  Speaker 1: about the matter should come and tell what he knew
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  Speaker 1: to the king, when he should be well rewarded. After
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  Speaker 1: some time, the three brothers, traveling in search of their citess,
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  Speaker 1: came one night to sleep at one of those inns.
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  Speaker 1: After supper, the master of the inn came in to
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  Speaker 1: speak to them, and, after boasting very much what great
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  Speaker 1: things he had himself done, he asked them if they
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  Speaker 1: themselves had ever done any great thing. Then the eldest
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  Speaker 1: brother began to speak and said, after I started with
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  Speaker 1: my brothers on this journey, one night we stopped to
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  Speaker 1: sleep by a lake in the midst of a great forest.
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  Speaker 1: Whilst my two brothers slept, I watched, and suddenly an
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  Speaker 1: alligator came out of the lake to swallow us. But
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  Speaker 1: I took my knife and cut off its head. If
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  Speaker 1: you don't believe me, see here are the two ears
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  Speaker 1: from his head. And he took the ears from his
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  Speaker 1: pocket and threw them on the table. When the second
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  Speaker 1: brother heard that, he said, I kept guard the second night,
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  Speaker 1: and I killed an alligator with two heads. If you
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  Speaker 1: do not believe me, look here are its four ears.
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  Speaker 1: And he took the ears out of his pocket and
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  Speaker 1: showed them. But the youngest brother kept silence. The master
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: of the inn began then to speak to him, saying, well,
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: my boy, your brothers are brave men. Let us hear
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: if you have not done some bold deed. Then the
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: youngest brother began, I have also done something, though it
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: may not be a great thing. When we stayed to
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: rest the third night in the great wilderness on the
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: shore of the lake, my brothers lay down to sleep,
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: for it was my turn to keep guard. In the
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: middle of the night, the water stirred mightily, and a
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: three headed alligator came out and wished to swallow us.
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: But I drew my sword and cut off all the
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: three heads. If you do not believe me, see here
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: are the six ears of the alligator. The brothers themselves
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: were greatly surprised, and he continued. Meanwhile, the fire had
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: gone out, and I went in search of fire. Wandering
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: about the mountain, I met nine giants in one cave.
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: And so he went on, telling all that had happened
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: and what he had done. When the innkeeper heard that,
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: he hurried off and told everything to the king. The
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: king gave him plenty of money and sent some of
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: his men to bring the three brothers to him. When
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: they came to the king, he asked, the youngest, have
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: you really done all these wonders in this city, killed
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: the giants and saved my daughter from death? Yes, your majesty,
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: answered the king's son. Then the king gave him his
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: daughter to wife and allowed him to take the first
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: place after him in the kingdom. After that, he said
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: to the two elder brothers, if you like, I will
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: also find wives for you too, and build palaces for you.
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: But they thanked him, saying they were already married, and
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: so told him how they had left home to search
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: for their sisters. When the king heard that, he kept
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: by him only the youngest brother his son in law,
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: and gave the other two each a mule loaded with
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: sacks full of money, And so the two elder brothers
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: went back to their kingdom. All the time, however, the
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: youngest brother was thinking of his three sisters, and many
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: a time he wished to go in search of them again,
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: though he was also sorry to leave his wife. The
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: king would never consent to his going, so the prince
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: wasted away slowly without speaking about his grief. One day,
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: the king went out hunting and said to his son
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: in law, remain here in the palace and take these
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: nine keys and keep them carefully. If you wish, however,
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: added he, you can open three or four rooms, wherein
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: you will see plenty of gold and silver and other
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: precious things. Indeed, if you much wish to do so,
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: you can open eight of the rooms. But let nothing
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: in the world tempt you to open the ninth. If
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: you open that, woe to you. The king went away
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: leaving his son in law in the palace, who immediately
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: began to open one room after another, till he had
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: opened the whole eight and saw in all masses of
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: all sorts of precious things. When he stood before the
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: door of the ninth room, he said to himself, I
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: have passed luckily through all kinds of adventures, and now
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: I must not dare to open this door. Thereupon he
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: opened it, and what did he see in the room
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: was a man whose legs were bound and iron up
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: to the knees, and his arms to the elbows. In
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: the four corners of the chamber there were four columns,
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: and from each an iron chain, and all the chains
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: met in a ring round the man's neck. So fast
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: was he bound that he could not move at all
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: in any way. In the front of him was a reservoir,
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: and from it water was streaming through a golden pipe
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: into a golden basin just before him. Near him stood
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: also a golden mug, all covered with precious stones. The
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: man looked at the water and longed to drink, but
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: he could not move to reach the cup. When the
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: king's son saw that, he was greatly surprised and stepped
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: back but the man cried, come in, I conjure you
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: in the name of the living God. Then the prince
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: again approached, and the man said, do a good deed
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: for the sake of the life. Hereafter, give me a
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: cup of water to drink, and be assured you will
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: receive as recompense from me another life. The king's son
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: thought it is well, after all to have two lives,
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: so he took the mug and filled it and gave
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: it to the man, who emptied it at once. Then
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: the prince asked him, now tell me what is your name,
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: and the man answered, my name is true Steel. The
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: king's son moved to go away, but the man begged again,
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: give me yet one cup of water, and I will
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: give you in addition a second life. The prince said
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: to himself, one life is mine already, and he offers
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: to give me another. That is indeed wonderful. So he
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: took the mug and gave it to him, and the
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: man drank it up. The prince began already to fasten
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: the door, while the man called to him, oh, my
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: brave one, come back a moment. You've done two good deeds,
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: Do yet a third one, and I will give you
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: a third life. Take the mug, fill it with water,
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: and pour the water on my head, and for that
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: I will give you a third life. When the king's
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: son heard that, he turned, filled the beaker with water
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: and poured it over the man's head. The moment the
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: water met his head, all the fastenings around the man's
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: neck broke, all the iron chains burst asunder. True Steel
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: jumped up like lightning, spread his wings and started to fly,
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: taking with him the king's daughter, the wife of his deliverer,
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: with whom he disappeared. What was to be done now?
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: The prince was afraid of the king's anger. When the
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: king returned from the chase, his son in law told
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: him all that had happened, and the King was very
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: sorry and said to him, why did you do this?
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: I told you not to open the ninth room. The
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: king's son answered, do not be angry with me. I
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: will go and find true Steel and bring my wife back.
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: Then the king atta to persuade him not to go away.
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: Do not go for anything in the world. He said,
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: you do not know true Steel. It cost me very
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: many soldiers and much money to catch him. Better remain
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: here and I will find you some other maiden for
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: a wife. Do not fear, for I love you as
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: my own son. Notwithstanding all that has happened. The prince, however,
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: would not hear of remaining there, so, taking some money
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: for his journey, he saddled and bridled his horse and
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: started on his travels in search of true steel. After
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: traveling a long time, he one day entered a strange city,
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: and as he was looking about, a girl called to
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: him from a kiosk, oh, son of the king, dismount
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: from your horse and come into the forecourt. When he
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: entered the courtyard, the girl met him, and on looking
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: at her, he recognized his eldest sister. They greeted each other,
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: and the sister said to him, come, my brother, come
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: with me into the kiosk. When they came into the kiosk,
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: he asked who her husband was, and she answered, I
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: am married to the King of Dragons, who is also
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: a dragon. I must hide you well, my dear brother,
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: for my husband has often said that he would kill
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: his brothers in law if he could only meet them.
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: I will try him first, and if he will promise
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: not to injure you, I will tell him you are here.
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: So she hid her brother and his horse as well
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: as she could. At night, supper was prepared in readiness
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: for her husband, and at last he came. When he
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: came flying into the courtyard, the whole palace shone. The
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: moment he came in. He called his wife and said, wife,
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: there is a smell of human bones here. Tell me
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: directly what it is. There is no one here, said she,
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: But he exclaimed that is not true. Then his wife said,
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: my dear, will you answer me truly what I am
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: going to ask you. Would you do any harm to
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: my brothers if one of them came here to see me,
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: And the dragon answered, your eldest and second brother, I
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: would kill and roast, but I would do no harm
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: to the youngest. Then his wife said, well, then I
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: will tell you that my youngest brother, and your brother
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: in law, is here. When the Dragon King heard that,
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: he said, let him come to me. So the sister
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: led the brother before the king her husband, and he
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: embraced him. They kissed each other, and the king exclaimed, welcome,
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: brother in law. I hope I find you well, returned
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: the prince courteously, and he told the dragon king all
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: his adventures from the beginning to the end. Then the
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: dragon King cried out, and where are you going, my
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: poor fellow. The day before yesterday, True Steel passed here,
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: carrying away your wife. I assailed him with seven thousand dragons,
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: yet could do him no harm. Leave the devil in peace.
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: I will give you as much money as you like,
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: and then you may go home quietly. But the king's
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: son would not hear of going back, and proposed next
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: morning to continue his journey. When the dragon King saw
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: that he could not change his intention, he took one
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: of his feathers and gave it into his hand, saying,
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: remember what I now say to you. Here you have
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: one of my feathers, and if you find true Steel
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: and are greatly pressed, burn this feather, and I will
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: come in an instant to help you with all my forces.
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: The king's son took the feather and continued his journey.
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: After long traveling about the world, he arrived at a
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: great city, and as he rode through the streets, a
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: girl called to him from a kiosk. Here, son of
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: the king, dismount, and come into the courtyard. The prince
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: led his horse into the yard, and behold the second
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: sister came to meet him. They embraced and each other,
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: and the sister led the brother up into the kiosk
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: and had his horse taken to a stable. When they
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: were in the kiosk, the sister asked her brother how
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: he came there, and he told her all his adventures.
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: He then asked her who her husband was. I am
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: married to the king of the Falcons, she said, and
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: he will come home tonight, so I must hide you somewhere,
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: for he often threatens my brothers. Shortly after she had
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: concealed her brother, the falcon king came home. As soon
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: as he alighted, all the house shook immediately. His supper
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: was set before him, but he said to his wife,
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: there are human bones somewhere. The wife answered, no, my husband,
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: there is nothing. After long talking, however, she asked him,
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: would you harm my brothers if they came to see me.
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: The falcon king answered, the eldest's brother and the second,
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: I would delight in torturing, but to the youngest I
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: would do no harm. So she told him about her brother.
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: Then he ordered that they should bring him up immediately,
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: and when he saw him, he rose up and they
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: embraced and kissed each other. Welcome, brother in law, said
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: the King of Falcons. I hope you are happy, brother,
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: returned the prince, and they sat down to sup together.
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: After supper, the falcon king asked his brother in law
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: where he was traveling. He replied that he was going
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: in search of true steel, and told the king all
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: that had happened. On hearing this, the falcon king began
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: to advise him to go no farther. It is no
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: use going on, said he. I will tell you something
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: of true steel. The day he stole your wife, I
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: assaulted him with four thousand falcons. We had a terrible
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: battle with him. Blood was shed till it reached the knees.
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: But yet we could do him. No. Ha, do you
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: think now that you alone could do anything to him.
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: I advise you to return home. Here is my treasure.
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: Take with you as much as you like. But the
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: king's son answered, I thank you for all your kindness,
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: but I cannot return. I shall go at all events
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: in search of true steel. For he thought to himself,
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: why should I not go, seeing I have three lives.
• 31:31
  Speaker 1: When the falcon king saw that he could not persuade
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: him to go back, he took a little feather and
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: gave it him, saying, take this feather, and when you
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: find yourself in great need, burn it, and I will
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: instantly come with all my powers to help you. So
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: the king's son took the feather and continued his journey,
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: hoping to find true steel. After traveling for a long
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: time about the world, he came to a third city.
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: As he entered, a girl called to him from a kiosk,
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: dismount and come into the courtyard. The king's son went
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: into the yard and was surprised to find his youngest sister,
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: who came to meet him. When they had embraced and
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: kissed each other, the sister led her brother to the
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: kiosk and sent his horse to the stables. The brother
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: asked her, dear sister, whom have you married. What is
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: your husband? She answered, my husband is the King of Eagles.
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: When the Eagle king returned home in the evening, his
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: wife received him. But he exclaimed, immediately, what man has
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: come into my palace? Tell me the truth? Instantly she answered,
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: no one is here, and they began their supper by
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: and by the wife said, tell me, truly, would you
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: do any harm to my brothers if they came here?
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: The eagle King answered, the eldest and second brother I
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: would kill, but to the youngest I would do no harm.
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: I would help him whenever I could. Then the wife said,
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: my youngest brother and your brother in law is here.
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: He came to see me. The Eagle King ordered that
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: they should bring. The prince instantly received him, standing, kissed
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: him and said, welcome brother in law, and the king's
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: son answered, I hope you were well. Then they sat
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: down to their supper. During the repast they conversed about
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: many things, and at last the prince told the king
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: he was traveling in search of true steel. When the
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: Eagle King heard that, he tried to dissuade him from
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: going on, adding, leave the devil in peace, my brother
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: in law, give up that journey and stay with me.
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: I will do everything to satisfy you. The king's son, however,
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: would not hear of remaining, but next day, as soon
• 33:48
  Speaker 1: as it was dawn, prepared to set out in search
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: of true steel. Then the Eagle King, seeing that he
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: could not persuade him to give up his journey, plucked
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: out one of his feathers and gave it him, saying,
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: if you find your great danger, my brother, make a
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: fire and burn this feather. I will then come to
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: your help immediately with all my eagles. So the prince
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: took the feather and went away. After traveling for a
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: very long time about the world, roaming from one city
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: to another, and always going farther and farther from his home,
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: he found his wife in a cavern. When the wife
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: saw him, she was greatly astonished and cried, in God's name,
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: my husband, how did you come here? He told her
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: how it all happened, and then added, now let us fly.
• 34:35
  Speaker 1: How can we fly? She asked, when True Steel will
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: reach us instantly, and when he does, he will kill
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: you and carry me back. But the prince, knowing he
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: had three other lives to live, persuaded his wife to flee,
• 34:49
  Speaker 1: and so they did as soon. However, as they started,
• 34:53
  Speaker 1: True Steel heard it and followed. Immediately when he reached them,
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: he shouted to the king's son, so, prince, you have
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: stolen your wife. Then, after taking the wife back, he added,
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: now I forgive you this life because I recollect that
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: I promised to give you three lives. But go away
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: directly and never come here again after your wife, else
• 35:13
  Speaker 1: you will be lost. Thus saying, he carried the wife away,
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: and the prince remained alone on the spot, not knowing
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: what to do. At length, the prince resolved to go
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: back to his wife. When he came near the cave,
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: he found an opportunity when true Steel was absent, and
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: took his wife again and tried to escape with her.
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: But True Steele learned their flight directly and ran after them.
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: When he reached them, he fixed an arrow to his
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: bow and cried to the king's son, do you prefer
• 35:40
  Speaker 1: to die by the arrow or by the sword? The
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: king's son asked, pardon, and true Steele said, I pardon
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: you also the second life, but I warn you never
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: come here again after your wife, for I will not
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: pardon you anymore. I shall kill you on the spot,
• 35:57
  Speaker 1: saying that, he carried the wife back to the cave,
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: and the prince remained, thinking all the time how he
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: could save her. At last, he said to himself, why
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: should I fear Trusteele when I have yet two lives,
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: one of which he has made me a present, and
• 36:11
  Speaker 1: one of which is my own. So he decided to
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: return again to the cave. Next morning, when true Steele
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: was absent, he saw his wife and said to her,
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: let us fly. She objected, saying it is of no
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: use to fly when true Steele would certainly overtake us. However,
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: her husband forced her to go with him, and they
• 36:30
  Speaker 1: went away. True Steele, however, overtook them quickly and shouted,
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: wait a bit, this time, I will not pardon you.
• 36:39
  Speaker 1: The prince became afraid and begged him to pardon him
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: also this time, and tru Steele said to him, you
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: know I promised to give you three lives, so now
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: I give you this one. But it is the third
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: and last. Now you have only one life, so go
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: home and do not risk losing the one life God
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: gave you. Then the Prince, seeing he could do nothing
• 37:03
  Speaker 1: against this great power, turned back, reflecting, however, all the time,
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: as to the best way of getting his wife back
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: from True Steel. At last he remembered what his brothers
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: in law had said to him when they gave him
• 37:15
  Speaker 1: their feathers. Then he said to himself, I will try
• 37:19
  Speaker 1: this fourth time to get my wife back. If I
• 37:21
  Speaker 1: come to trouble, I will burn the feathers and see
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: if my brothers in law will come to help me. Hereupon,
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: he went back once more towards the cavern wherein his
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: wife was kept, And as he saw from a distance
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: that True Steel was just leaving the cave, he went
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: near and showed himself to his wife. She was surprised
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  Speaker 1: and terrified, and exclaimed, are you so tired of your
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  Speaker 1: life that you come back again to me? Then he
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  Speaker 1: told her about his brothers in law, and how each
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  Speaker 1: of them had given him one of their feathers and
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  Speaker 1: had promised to come to help him whenever he needed
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  Speaker 1: their assistance. Therefore, added he, I am come once more
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  Speaker 1: to take you away. Let us start at once. This
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  Speaker 1: they did the same moment. However, True Steel heard of
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  Speaker 1: it and shouted from afar, stop, prince, you cannot run away.
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  Speaker 1: And then the king's son, seeing True Steel so near him,
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  Speaker 1: quickly took out a flint and tinder box, struck some sparks,
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  Speaker 1: and burned all three feathers. Whilst he was doing this, however,
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  Speaker 1: True Steel reached him and with his sword, cut the
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  Speaker 1: prince in two parts. That moment came the King of Dragons,
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  Speaker 1: rushing with his whole army of dragons, the King of
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  Speaker 1: Falcons with all his falcons, and the King of Eagles
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  Speaker 1: with his mighty host of eagles, and they all attacked
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  Speaker 1: True Steel. Torrents of blood were shed, But after all
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  Speaker 1: True Steel caught up the woman and fled away. Then
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  Speaker 1: the three kings gave all their attention to their brother
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  Speaker 1: in law and determined to bring him back to life.
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  Speaker 1: Thereupon they asked three of the most active dragons which
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  Speaker 1: of them could bring them in the shortest time some
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  Speaker 1: water from the river Jordan. One said I could bring
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  Speaker 1: it in half an hour, The second said, I can
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  Speaker 1: go and return in ten minutes. The third dragon said
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  Speaker 1: I can bring it in nine seconds. Then the three
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  Speaker 1: kings said to the last one, go dragon, and make haste.
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  Speaker 1: Then this dragon exhibited all his fiery might, and in
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  Speaker 1: nine seconds, as he had promised, he came back with
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  Speaker 1: water from the Jordan. The kings took the water and
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  Speaker 1: poured it on the places where the prince was wounded,
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  Speaker 1: and as they did so, the wound closed up. The
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  Speaker 1: body joined together, and the king's son sprang up alive.
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  Speaker 1: Then the three kings counseled him, now that you are
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  Speaker 1: saved from death, go home, But the prince answered he would,
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  Speaker 1: at all events yet once more try to get his
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  Speaker 1: wife back. The kings his brothers in law again spoke,
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  Speaker 1: do not try again. Indeed, you will be law if
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  Speaker 1: you go, for now you have only one life, which
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  Speaker 1: God gave you. The king's son, however, would not listen
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  Speaker 1: to their advice. So the kings told him, well, then,
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  Speaker 1: if you are still determined to go, at least, do
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  Speaker 1: not take your wife away immediately, but tell her to
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  Speaker 1: ask True Steele where his strength lies, and then come
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  Speaker 1: and tell us in order that we may help you
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  Speaker 1: to conquer him. So the prince went secretly and saw
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  Speaker 1: his wife and told her how she could persuade Trusteel
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  Speaker 1: to tell her where his strength was. He then left
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  Speaker 1: her and went away. When Trustil came home, the wife
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  Speaker 1: of the king's son asked him, tell me, now, where
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  Speaker 1: is your great strength? He answered, my wife, my strength
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  Speaker 1: is in my sword. Then she began to pray and
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  Speaker 1: turned to his sword. When Trustil saw that, he burst
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  Speaker 1: out laughing and said, oh, foolish woman, my strength is
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  Speaker 1: not in my sword, but in my bow and arrows.
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  Speaker 1: Then she turned towards the bow and arrows and prayed.
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  Speaker 1: Then True Steel said, I see, my wife, you have
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  Speaker 1: a clever teacher who has taught you to find out
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  Speaker 1: where my strength lies. I can almost say that your
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  Speaker 1: husband is living, and it is he who teaches you.
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  Speaker 1: But she assured him that no one taught her, for
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  Speaker 1: she had no longer any one to do so. After
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  Speaker 1: some days her husband came, and when she told him
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  Speaker 1: she could not learn anything from True Steel, he said,
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  Speaker 1: try again and went away. When True Steel came home,
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  Speaker 1: she began again to ask him the secret of his strength.
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  Speaker 1: Then he answered her, since you think so much of
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  Speaker 1: my strength, I will tell you truly where it is.
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  Speaker 1: And he continued far away from this place. There is
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  Speaker 1: a very high mountain. In the mountain there is a fox,
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  Speaker 1: and the fox there is a heart, and the heart
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  Speaker 1: there is a bird, and in this bird is my strength.
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  Speaker 1: It is no easy task, however, to catch that fox,
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  Speaker 1: for she can transform herself into a multitude of creatures.
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  Speaker 1: Next day, as soon as Trusteele left the cave, the
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  Speaker 1: king's son came to his wife, and she told him
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  Speaker 1: all she had learned. Then the prince hurried away to
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  Speaker 1: his brothers in law, who waited, all three impatient to
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  Speaker 1: see him and to hear where was the strength of
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  Speaker 1: True Steel. When they heard, all three went away at once,
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  Speaker 1: with the prince defined the mountain. Having got there, they
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  Speaker 1: set the eagles to chase the fox, But the fox
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  Speaker 1: ran to a lake which was in the midst of
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  Speaker 1: the mountain, and changed herself into a six winged golden bird.
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  Speaker 1: Then the falcons pursued her and drove her out of
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  Speaker 1: the lake, and she flew into the clouds, but there
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  Speaker 1: the dragons hurried after her. So she changed herself again
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  Speaker 1: into a fox and began to run along the earth,
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  Speaker 1: but the rest of the eagles stopped her, surrounded her,
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  Speaker 1: and caught her. The three kings then ordered the fox
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  Speaker 1: to be killed and her heart to be taken out.
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  Speaker 1: A great fire was made and the bird was taken
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  Speaker 1: out of the heart and burnt. That very moment, True
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  Speaker 1: Steel fell down dead, and the prince took his wife
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  Speaker 1: and returned home with her. End of Section nine.