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EP 311: Georgia- Asphurtzela (Wardrop) · Sandman Stories Presents

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Welcome back listeners to Sandman Stories Presents, a
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folklore podcast where I read you to sleep or until the next
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story. I'm your host, Dustin.
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Today we are back in the book of Georgian folklore written down
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by Marjorie Wardrobe. This is a tale that echoes
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previous Armenian and Turkish tales.
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No surprise there. Where the hero has to go down a
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hole, Pick out three brides. The three brides get taken away
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from him. He goes on more adventures and
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more adventures. There's Dragons, there's all
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sorts of stuff. So let's just get going.
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OK, Let's begin. Ashpertzella.
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There was and there wasn't of God's best.
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May it be there was. Once a woman, this woman's
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husband, had died young and left her with four little children,
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three boys and one girl. When the children were grown,
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their mother said, Children, why don't you look after your
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father's house? Why do you abandon it?
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The children did not know anything about the house, and
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they asked their mother where it was.
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The mother told them that it was neither here nor there, but the
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children would have to go a long way to get to it.
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They asked their mother, since it is far away, when we go to
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work, who will bring us our food and drink.
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Mom replied I will send your sister with dinner.
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The brothers were pleased with their mother's proposal and got
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ready to go. Their mother gave them onions
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and garlic to take with them and said as you go along, cut off
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the skins and drop them. Your sister will follow your
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trail and bring you your food. The brothers went to work and on
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the path they threw down the skins like their mother had
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said. 100 headed Devi lived near the path.
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The Devi's mother saw the onion peels thrown on the path,
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collected them all and put them on the road leading to her own
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house. Three days later, the mother
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thought that they must be low on food by now.
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She made more for them, put it in a bag and gave it to her
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daughter. The girl set out and followed
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the onion peels. She went on and on and came to a
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house. There was an old woman sitting
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in the house. The girl cried out.
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Mother, mother, can you tell me if my brothers are working here?
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What do you want with your brothers?
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Said the old woman. This is the House of the Devi
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with 100 heads. He will be home soon, so I had
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better hide you, for if he sees you he will eat you.
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The Devi's mother took the maiden and hit her.
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The Devi appeared out of nowhere.
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He carried meat and firewood. He set down his goods from his
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back, went in and said, Mommy, I smell a man who is here.
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Why do you ask? Said the old woman.
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Fear of you keeps the birds out of heaven and the worms from
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crawling on earth. The Devi insisted, and his
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mother at last gave in and said, I have a young lady here for
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you. I would like you to marry her.
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If you promise not to eat her, I will show her to you.
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The son promised and the mother brought out the girl.
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When the Devi saw her, he liked her very much and did not want
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to eat her. Meanwhile the brothers waited
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and waited for their sister, and when she did not come they got
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up and went home. They said sharply to their
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mother, Where is our dinner you promised us?
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When the mother heard them say this, she began to weep and
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said, Near the road dwells 100 headed Devi, and I fear that he
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curse his head has eaten her. The brothers did not know about
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this Devi and when they heard about him, they stood up and set
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off to save their sister. When they had walked a long way,
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they approached the House of the Devi.
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At that time their sister and the Devi's mother were sitting
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on the roof. The Devi's mother saw them
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coming in the distance and said to their daughter-in-law, Look,
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don't you see something coming? Her daughter-in-law replied, I
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see something like a swarm of flies.
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Woe to their mother and to my son's mother, said the Debbie's
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mother. And a little while later she
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asked her again. The Debbie's wife answered, I
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see three men. Woe to their mother and to my
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son's mother, moaned the old woman.
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The three brothers finally arrived at the Debbie's house.
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They saw some water, but they could not cross it by any means.
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They dropped big stones into the water and then crossed it.
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Then the girl saw that they were her brothers and she came down
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and embraced them. When the Debbie's mother learned
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who they were, she took them in, gave them food and then hid
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them, saying If my son comes home and sees you, he will eat
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you. Then the 100 headed Debbie came
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appearing out of nowhere. On one shoulder he had firewood
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and on the other some deer. At the door he set down his
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goods and then he came in and said, I smell a man who is here.
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His mother tried to hide the truth, but her son would not
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leave her alone. So at last she said, If you
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promise not to eat your wife's brothers, I shall show them to
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you. The Devi promised and the old
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woman brought in three brothers. A little while after the Devi
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said to his wife's brothers, Come, let us make dinner.
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They all came and began to skin the game the Devi had brought.
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While the three brothers skinned 1 stag, the Devi skinned 60, cut
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them up and threw them into the pot.
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Then he came, seized the stag his brothers in law were
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skinning and threw it into the pot too.
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When they sat down to eat, the Devi asked his wife's brothers,
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Do you like meat or the bone? They answered, We have no need
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for meat, bones are good enough for us.
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The Devi filled his mouth, tore off the flesh and threw the
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bones to the three brothers. Then he asked, Will you drink
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out of a Methuselah or out of a split from a split?
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Replied the brothers. The Devi poured out the
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Methuselah of wine for himself while he filled a split for
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them. When they had finished eating
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and were getting ready for bed, the Devi asked, Do you wish to
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sleep in a bed or in the stable? What have we to do with the bed?
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Put us in the stable, said the brothers.
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The Devi lay down in his bed and the brothers slept in the
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stable. In the morning, when the Devi
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woke up, he said to his mother, Mammy, I am hungry.
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The mother saw his meaning, and not wishing to let her
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daughter-in-law understand, she thus replied, Go on to the
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stable. There in the bread box are three
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badly cooked loaves. Take them and eat them.
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The Devi went to the stable where the brothers lay.
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He swallowed one of them in the doorway, put the other two in
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his pocket, and went into the woods.
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That's the end of Part 1. Now for Part 2.
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In the meantime, the mother of the brothers waited and waited.
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And when they did not come back, she thought the Devi must have
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eaten my sons. She wept bitterly.
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Her tears flowed until they reached heaven.
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At that moment a man was passing by.
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He asked her the cause of the tears and the woman told him
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that they were for the loss of her children.
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Then the man gave her an apple and said, Cut this apple into
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100 pieces and every day eat 3. When the apple is finished, you
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shall have a son and you shall call him Ashpertzella.
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The woman did as he said. She cut the apple into 100
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pieces and every day ate 3. When the apple was finished, she
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had a son and called him Ashpertzella.
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Ashpertzella grew in a day as much as other children grow in a
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year. Once, when a toddler,
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Ashpertzella was playing with other boys, and a woman passed
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by with a jug full of water on her shoulder.
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Just then, Ashpertzella threw his knuckle bone, which he had
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been using to play dice. It whirled through the air,
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struck the woman's jar and broke it.
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The woman was angry and called out, May you be cursed.
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But how can I curse you only, child, for this trick?
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May your brothers and sisters never be delivered from the
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claws of the Devi. Ashpertzella did not understand
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this. He ran inside and said to his
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mother, Let me nurse, mother, wait a moment, said his mother.
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But the boy would not wait, so his mother gave him his wish.
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Then Ashperzilla bit his mother's breast and said, Show
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me mother, do I have any brothers?
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His mother didn't want him to know, but she was in such pain
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that she told him everything. When Ashperzilla heard her tail,
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he prepared to go. His mother begged him not to
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leave, but the boy would not be persuaded, and out he set.
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He wandered near and far and came to an open field where he
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saw men plowing the ground. He shouted to them, Watch out,
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100 headed Devi is coming. The men were filled with terror
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and ran away. Ashpertzilla slung the plow over
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his back, took it to a Smith and said, Make me some shoes and a
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bow and arrow. The Smith did so.
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Ashpertzella put on the iron shoes, took the bow and arrow
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and went in search of the 100 headed Devi.
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He approached the Devi's house. At that time the Devi's mother
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was sitting on the roof and seeing someone coming.
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She said to her daughter-in-law. Do you see anyone or am I seeing
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things? When her daughter-in-law assured
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her that it was someone, the Devi's mother moaned.
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Woe to his mother's breast, and woe to my son's mother's breast.
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In the meantime, Ashpertzella leaped over the stream and came
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to the door. He saw a young girl and said,
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Surely you are my sister. The girl only knew her three
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brothers, but when Ashpertzella told her his tale, she believed
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him. Then the Devi's mother came and
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said, Come child, I will hide you so my son doesn't eat you
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when he comes home. You go hide dog of an old woman.
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May God bring you and your son Shame, said Ashpertsella and he
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waited impatiently for the Devi. Just then the Devi appeared with
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carcasses slung over his shoulder and tree stumps thrust
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under his arm. When he saw a strange boy boldly
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standing in front of his house, he said to himself, I scare
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birds out of the sky and worms off the ground.
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Who can this boy walking around my yard be?
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The Devi was furious. Flames shot out from his eyes.
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He cast an angry glance at him and shouted out Who are you and
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what are you doing here? Want to know who I am?
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I'm your wife's brother. I have come to be your guest, so
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you must be my host, said Ashpertzela.
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Very well, replied the Devi. Come in and let's make dinner.
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We must skin the game and cook it.
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They began to skin the game, but by the time the Devi had skinned
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one beast, Ashpertzella had finished all the game, thrown it
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into a pot, cooked it. The Devi gazed on Ashpertzella
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with real astonishment. When the food was cooked and
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they sat down to supper, the Devi, according to his custom
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asked the guest, Do you like meat or the bones?
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Pass me the meat. Why should I eat bones?
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Am IA dog, Answered Ashpertzella.
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The Devi gave him the meat and asked, will you drink a
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Methuselah or out of a split Passover the Methuselah, why
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would I want a split? The Devi gave him the Methuselah
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and sank into deep thought. When it was time to go to bed,
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the Devi asked, will you sleep in the stables or in a bed?
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I am a man, what should I do in the stable?
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Give me a bed, said Ashpertzella.
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So Ashpertzela slept in the bed and the Devi lay down in the
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stable. He lay down, but alas, sleep
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would not come. His only thought was how he
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could get rid of this terrible guest.
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When he thought that our hero must be asleep, he took a huge
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sword and began to sharpen it. The noise of the sharpening
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awoke Ashpertzela and, guessing the Devi's plan, jumped out of
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bed and put a log under the blanket.
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Then he hid in the room. When the Devi had made the sword
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as bright as a diamond, he snuck out quietly, opened the door and
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went silently towards Ashpertzela's bed.
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He raised the sword with all his might and hit the bed with such
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force that all the dust flew up and that log was cut down the
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middle. Then the Devi left and closed
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the door. Ashpertzela lay down and slept
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peacefully. In the morning when the Devi
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awoke and saw his brother-in-law, he looked at him
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in amazement and said, did you feel any pain last night?
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Oh no, said Ashpertzela, not even a flea bite?
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No, then let's wrestle. Very well, said Ashpertzela and
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the combat began. The Devi struggled and
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struggled, but he could not move his brother-in-law.
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Then Ashperzilla attacked him and buried him in the ground up
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to his neck. He took out his bow and arrow,
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aimed it at the Devi and cried out.
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Tell me quickly what you have done with my brothers, or I
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shall shoot you. The Devi was afraid and said
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Don't kill me, I will tell you. In my chest there is a little
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tin. They are lying in it dead.
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There is also a handkerchief. Put them on it and they will
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come back to life. When Ashpertzela heard this, he
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cut open the Devi's chest, took out the tin, took out his
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brothers and put the handkerchief on them and they
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came back to life. Then he shot his arrow at the
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100 head of Devi and killed him. When he had cut him up into
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small pieces, he went to the Devi's mother and killed her
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too. Then he listened to his
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brother's story and told them his.
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In return, the brothers believed Ashpertzela, but they were
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jealous of his bravery. At last they all went home.
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On the way, they had to pass through an open field with a
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tree so large that all of the field was in its shade.
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Ashpertzella said to his brothers and sister.
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Let's rest here. I'm very tired.
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I want to rest my eyes. They all agreed.
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Ashpertzella lay down at the foot of the tree and slept like
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the dead. His brother sat down near him
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and began to whisper to one another.
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Now that he has killed the 100 headed Devi, what good is he?
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Let's tie him up to this tree and leave him.
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They took ropes, twisted them round and round and bound him to
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the tree. When his sister saw this, she
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begged them to spare him, but they would not listen to her.
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They bound him tight, grabbed their sister, and went home.
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As soon as they were home, the sister told the mother
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everything. The mother called down curses on
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her three sons. When Ashperzilla woke up and saw
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that he was tied to a tree, he tried hard to get away, but he
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could not move. He looked around and saw that
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his brothers were gone. He looked everywhere, and then
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he prayed to God. Oh God, if I have deceived my
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brothers, may this tree fall on me.
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But if they have deceived me, may I pull it up by its roots?
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When he had said this, he tried again, and the tree came up by
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the roots. Then Ashperzella got up and went
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home, carrying the tree with him.
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He came to the house and called to his brothers.
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Come out at once and untie my hands.
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His brothers grew pale and faint from fear, but they came out and
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set him free. After this, Ashperzella did not
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wish to live with his brothers and he got ready to leave home.
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His sister and mother begged him to stay, but he wouldn't.
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That's the end of Part 2. OK, and now on to part three.
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He went away and walked until he came to a field where a man was
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plowing. When he turned up dirt he threw
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it up into his mouth and swallowed it.
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Ashperzella gazed and gazed and at last said, Man, why do you
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swallow these clods? Why are you surprised
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Ashperzella killed the 100 headed Devi?
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What is amazing about swallowing clods of dirt?
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Said the dirt eater. I'm Ashperzella, so let's be
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brothers, said Ashperzella and they walked along together.
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Later, they came to another field where there was a man with
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stone wheels tied to his feet and two rabbits in his pockets.
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He let the rabbits go and then caught them again.
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Ashpertzela gazed and gazed at the man, and then said, Man,
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what are you doing? How can you catch those rabbits?
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Ashpertzela killed the 100 head to Devi.
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I'm just catching rabbits, said the rabbit catcher.
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This is Ashpertzela, and he'll be your brother if you want,
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said the dirt eater. So they walked on together.
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On the way, the friends decided that they should take turns
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shooting arrows. And where they landed, they
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should eat first. The dirt eater shot his arrow
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stuck in a very awkward place. But they came and ate breakfast
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there. Then the rabbit catcher shot his
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arrow which also stuck in an awkward place.
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They came to it and ate lunch. Last of all, Ashpertzella cast
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his arrow and it stuck in the shelf of the three Debbie's
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house. At that time the Debbie's were
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getting married. They saw the arrow stick in
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their shelf and stop the wedding.
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They tried to pull out the arrow but they struggled and struggled
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and could not move it. Then they said since we cannot
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pull out this arrow, let's leave in case the shooter comes to
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live here. They left one weak Devi who hid
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in the chimney. The three friends decided that
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each one of them would stay home and cook dinner.
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The first day the dirt eater stayed, he laid out dinner when
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behold the weak Devi came down from the chimney and said to the
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dirt eater, give me food and drink.
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He gave him food. Give me food and drink, said the
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Devi again. He gave him food again when he
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made the same demand 1/3 time the dirt eater answered, if you
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eat and drink everything, what will I say to my comrades?
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The Devi said give me food and drink or I will eat you and your
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provisions too. The dirt eater got scared and
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ran out of the door. The Devi sat down and finished
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all the food. The companions came home and saw
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that there was no food but Oh well they were OK for a day and
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the next morning Rabbit Catcher stayed home.
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The same thing happened to him as happened to the dirt eater.
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And then it was Ashford Zella's turn.
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He prepared lots of different food and drink for his
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companions. Then the weak Devi came out of
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the chimney and said give me food and drink.
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Ashpertzela did give me food and drink, said the Devi again.
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Ashpertzela did. When he asked a third time,
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Ashpertzela said if I give you everything, what will my
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comrades eat? If you won't give me food, I
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shall eat you and your food too. Ashpertzela smiled to himself,
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took his bow and arrow, shut the Devi through the heart and cut
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him in half. The Devi's head rolled one way
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and his body rolled another. The head cried out, follow me
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for happiness. The body cried out, follow me
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for sadness. In the meantime, Ashpertzela's
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companions returned. They ate and then said let's go
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and see what the Devi's head promised.
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The dovey's head rolled and fell into a hole.
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Ashpertzella looked in and saw three lovely maidens.
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He was pleased and said let's get them out and marry them.
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The deer eater slipped in, but before he had reached the bottom
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he called out, I'm burning up, Take Me Out and they took him
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out. Then Rabbit Catcher slipped down
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and the same thing happened to him.
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Then came Ashpertzella's turn. He said to his companions, when
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I call out, it burns, lowering me further into the hole.
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He called out many times it burns, but his companions only
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lowered him further. He went down the hole and saw
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the maidens, and the oldest was certainly the most beautiful of
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all. He took to the youngest and
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called out to the dirt eater. She is yours.
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Then he sent up the second sister, calling out to the
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rabbit catcher. She is yours last of all.
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He was about to send the oldest as his wife but she objected
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saying you go first, your brothers will betray you.
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Our hero was hard headed and insisted upon her going up
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first. Very well said the maiden, I
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will go, but know this, your companions will not draw you up.
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They will shut the hole and you will be left here. 3 streams
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will flow, one black, 1 blue, and 1 white.
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Do not put your head under any of them except for the white
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water, lest you be drowned. It was as she had said.
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When all three maidens were up, the two men put stones on the
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whole and left our hero. He was so indignant that at once
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he put his head onto the black spring, and was immediately
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carried down. That's the end of Part 3.
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OK, on to part 4, the final chapter.
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He wandered about here and there and at last came to an old
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woman's Hut. He called out, Mother, mother,
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give me some water. Ah, child, said the old woman,
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we don't have any until our Princess is eaten by the dragon.
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What dragon? Said Ashford Zella.
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The old woman replied, Our water is stolen by a dragon, and if we
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do not offer him a human to eat, the water will not flow.
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We have all paid this debt except for the king, and today
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his daughter is on the menu. Give me a jug so I can go to the
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well, said Ashpertzela. The woman begged him not to go,
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but he would not listen. The old woman got up and brought
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him jugs. Ashpertzela broke these small
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water jars and said, Don't you have one of those giant jugs?
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The old woman showed them where they were.
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Ashpertzela took them and went away.
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When he came to the edge of the stream, he saw a rich maiden
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sitting, shedding bitter tears. He asked her why, and when he
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learned that this was the King's daughter, he said I will sleep
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here. When the dragon comes, wake me
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up. He laid his head down on the
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maiden's lap and fell asleep. Soon the dragon appeared.
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The maiden was afraid to wake Ashpertzela, and she wept more
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than ever. One of her tears fell on
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Ashpertzella's cheek, and he woke up.
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When he saw the dragon, he rose up, shot an arrow, and cut it
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into pieces. The maiden, overjoyed,
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immediately ran home to her father and said you wouldn't
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believe this, but the dragon is dead.
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The king at first wouldn't believe it, but when the others
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did, he went out to look for our hero.
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He wanted to ask him to marry the Princess and give him half
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of the Kingdom. They looked and looked, but they
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could not find him. Then the old woman came to the
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palace and said, Mighty king, have mercy upon me and upon my
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son. The king knew that she had no
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son and said, You didn't have a son before, where did you get
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this one? God has given me a youth who has
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killed our enemy. The dragon answered the old
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woman. The king was happy that the
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youth was found. He sent his ministers to bring
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him to the palace. When Ashperzella came, the king
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offered him great presents, but he would not take them and said
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if you will please send me home, that's all I want.
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The king was disappointed. He begged him to marry his
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daughter, but it was to no avail, so he agreed.
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After this, Ashperzella went again to his adopted mother.
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On the way he saw a great tree and on top of it there was a
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Griffin's nest. Suddenly a dragon flew down and
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the little birds let out a terrified scream.
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When Ashperzella saw what was about to happen, he drew his bow
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and in the twinkling of an eye the dragon was dead.
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The mother dragon flew down and her fledglings told her what had
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happened. Then the grateful Griffin came
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to Ashperzella and said Tell me what you want so I can repay
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you. Ashpertzela said I don't want
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anything but to go home, it will be hard for me but I must repay
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your kind deed said the Griffin and told him to get food for the
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journey. Ashpertzela went back to the
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king and asked him for provisions.
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When everything was ready the Griffin put Ashpertzela on his
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back and flew off On the way. When the Griffin cried out,
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Ashpertzela put food into her mouth.
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Just as they were about to enter the world of light, the Griffin
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again cried aloud. Ashparzella had no more food
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left, so he cut off his calf and threw it into the Griffin's
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mouth. This morsel was so very tasty
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that the Griffin did not eat it, but kept it on the tip of her
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tongue. When they arrived, the Griffin
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said Now farewell, leap down and go home.
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Ashparzella got down and went away, but he walked with a limp.
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The Griffin said. What ails you that you are so
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lame? He told her.
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Then the Griffin took the piece of flesh she had kept on her
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tongue and put it in its place, and made it whole and went away.
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Ashpertzullo went back to seek his comrades.
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He went on and on until he came to a certain place.
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There he saw his two companions about to marry the beautiful
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maidens. He took aim with his bow and
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arrow and called out. Were the men or the women to
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blame? The oldest sister replied.
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How could it be the women's fault?
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It was the men. Esparzilla shot his arrow and
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killed the two companions. Then he took the beautiful
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maidens with him, married the oldest, and gave the two others
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to his brothers. The end.
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That was an epic 4 parter. It was one story, but I chopped
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it into four parts because gosh darn that was long.
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There was echoes of the previous Armenian Turkish tales.
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My dedicated listeners will remember much better than me
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which ones have the eagles flying higher in the Three
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Rivers or hairs or such. And I felt it was a little wild
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at the end where the ending only gets a paragraph to wrap
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everything up. I did change it to be the oldest
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Princess and I changed the words for sizes of jars just to be a
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little bit more consistent with the story.
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A Methuselah is a pretty big, I think it's a 5 liter wine bottle
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and then a split is the smallest wine bottle.
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The violent nursing kind of threw me off my game, but the
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rest of it was pretty fun and I look forward to more stories
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from this book. The podcast shout out is too
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wildly curious. A fun look at wildlife in nature
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with Laura and Kate. Go give them a listen.
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And my listener shout out is to Helsinki, locally known as Stadi
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and Hesa by folks from the countryside.
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And when I go there, I hope to see the National Museum of
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Finland and maybe catch an Apulanta concert.
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And so I say to my listener in Helsinki, Quitos, Yehuva Yeota,
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thank you. Good night.