Another year went by , and then he took the lion cub and set forth to the land of Lochlann . And the wife of Iarlaid came to meet him , and a brown dog , small but full of courage , came with her . When the dog beheld the lion cub he rushed towards him , thinking to eat him ; but the cub caught the dog by the neck , and shook him , and he was dead . And the wife of Iarlaid mourned him sore , and her wrath was kindled , and many times she tried to slay Manus and his cub , but she could not . And at last they two went back to Old Bergen , and the twelve foster brothers went also . ` Let them go , ' said the wife of Iarlaid , when she heard of it . ` My brother the Red Gruagach will take the head off Manus as well in Old Bergen as elsewhere . ' Now these words were carried by a messenger to the wife of Oireal , and she made haste and sent a ship to Old Bergen to bear away her son before the Red Gruagach should take the head off him . And in the ship was a pilot . But the wife of Iarlaid made a thick fog to cover the face of the sea , and the rowers could not row , lest they should drive the ship on to a rock . And when night came , the lion cub , whose eyes were bright and keen , stole up to Manus , and Manus got on his back , and the lion cub sprang ashore and bade Manus rest on the rock and wait for him . So Manus slept , and by-and-by a voice sounded in his ears , saying : ` Arise ! ' And he saw a ship in the water beneath him , and in the ship sat the lion cup in the shape of the pilot . Then they sailed away through the fog , and none saw them ; and they reached the land of Lochlann , and the lion cub with the chain round his neck sprang from the ship and Manus followed after . And the lion cub killed all the men that guarded the castle , and Iarlaid and his wife also , so that , in the end , Manus son of Oireal was crowned king of Lochlann . Pinkel the Thief -LSB- Shortened from West Highland Tales . -RSB- Long , long ago there lived a widow who had three sons . The two eldest were grown up , and though they were known to be idle fellows , some of the neighbours had given them work to do on account of the respect in which their mother was held . But at the time this story begins they had both been so careless and idle that their masters declared they would keep them no longer . So home they went to their mother and youngest brother , of whom they thought little , because he made himself useful about the house , and looked after the hens , and milked the cow .
` XXXXX , ' they called him in scorn , and by-and-by ` Pinkel ' became his name throughout the village .
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