They went into a field , sat down , and the two pulled long faces . An old woman passed by , and asked them why they were so sad . ` Alas ! what have you to do with it ? You can not help us . ' ` Who knows ? ' she answered . ` Only confide your trouble in me . ' Then they told her that they had become the servants of the Dragon for seven long years , and how he had given them money as plentifully as blackberries ; but as they had signed their names they were his , unless when the seven years had passed they could guess a riddle . The old woman said , ` If you would help yourselves , one of you must go into the wood , and there he will come upon a tumble-down building of rocks which looks like a little house . He must go in , and there he will find help . ' The two melancholy ones thought , ` That wo n't save us ! ' and they remained where they were . But the third and merry one jumped up and went into the wood till he found the rock hut . In the hut sat a very old woman , who was the Dragon 's grandmother . She asked him how he came , and what was his business there . He told her all that happened , and because she was pleased with him she took compassion on him , and said she would help him . She lifted up a large stone which lay over the cellar , saying , ` Hide yourself there ; you can hear all that is spoken in this room . Only sit still and do n't stir . When the Dragon comes , I will ask him what the riddle is , for he tells me everything ; then listen carefully what he answers . '
At midnight the Dragon flew XXXXX , and asked for his supper .
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