The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars · page 31 2 3201The monster looked eagerly about him, and his eyes sparkled with joy when he saw the cask.202He bounded high into the air with delight and uttered cries of pleasure; then he drew near and undid the bolts.203But instead of fastening his teeth in the neck of a beautiful maiden, Schippeitaro’s teeth were fastened in HIM, and the youth ran up and cut off his head with his sword.204The other cats were so astonished at the turn things had taken that they forgot to run away, and the young man and Schippeitaro between them killed several more before they thought of escaping.205At sunrise the brave dog was taken back to his master, and from that time the mountain girls were safe, and every year a feast was held in memory of the young warrior and the dog Schippeitaro.206(Japanische Marchen.)1 2 3← previousThe Finest Liar in the Worldnext →The Three Princes and Their Beasts (lithuanian Fairy Tale)↑ back to The Violet Fairy BookThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/4/page/3/