`` Where did you get him from ? '' ' `` Brother , '' replied the man , `` if he is yours , take him . '' And he not only gave me back my bee , but a sack of millet seed into the bargain , because he had made use of my bee . Then I put the bag on my shoulders , took the saddle from the cock , and placed it on the back of the bee , which I mounted , leading the cock by a string , so that he should have a rest . As we were flying home over the sea one of the strings that held the bag of millet broke in two , and the sack dropped straight into the ocean . It was quite lost , of course , and there was no use thinking about it , and by the time we were safe back again night had come . I then got down from my bee , and let him loose , that he might get his supper , gave the cock some hay , and went to sleep myself . But when I awoke with the sun what a scene met my eyes ! During the night wolves had come and had eaten my bee . And honey lay ankle-deep in the valley and knee-deep on the hills . Then I began to consider how I could best collect some , to take home with me . ` Now it happened that I had with me a small hatchet , and this I took to the wood , hoping to meet some animal which I could kill , whose skin I might turn into a bag . As I entered the forest I saw two roe-deer hopping on one foot , so I slew them with a single blow , and made three bags from their skins , all of which I filled with honey and placed on the back of the cock . At length I reached home , where I was told that my father had just been born , and that I must go at once to fetch some holy water to sprinkle him with . As I went I turned over in my mind if there was no way for me to get back my millet seed , which had dropped into the sea , and when I arrived at the place with the holy water I saw the seed had fallen on fruitful soil , and was growing before my eyes . And more than that , it was even cut by an invisible hand , and made into a cake . ` So I took the cake as well as the holy water , and was flying back with them over the sea , when there fell a great rain , and the sea was swollen , and swept away my millet cake . Ah , how vexed I was at its loss when I was safe on earth again . ` Suddenly I remembered that my hair was very long . If I stood it touched the ground , although if I was sitting it only reached my ears .
I seized a knife and cut off a large lock , which I plaited together , and when XXXXX came tied it into a knot , and prepared to use it for a pillow .
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