` What are you quarrelling about ? You could cut a dozen sticks from the wood each just as good as that ! ' said the young man . And as he spoke the fighters both stopped and looked at him . ` Ah ! you may think so , ' said one , ` but a blow from one end of this stick will kill a man , while a touch from the other end will bring him back to life . You wo n't easily find another stick like that ! ' ` No ; that is true , ' answered the young man . ` Let me just look at it , and I will tell you whose it ought to be . ' The men were pleased with the idea , and handed him the staff . ` It is very curious , certainly , ' said he ; ` but which end is it that restores people to life ? After all , anyone can be killed by a blow from a stick if it is only hard enough ! ' But when he was shown the end he threw the stuff over his shoulders and vanished . At last he saw another set of men , who were struggling for the possession of a pair of shoes . ` Why ca n't you leave that pair of old shoes alone ? ' said he . ` Why , you could not walk a yard in them ! ' ` Yes , they are old enough , ' answered they ; ` but whoever puts them on and wishes himself at a particular place , gets there without going . ' ` That sounds very clever , ' said the youth . ` Let me try them , and then I shall be able to tell you whose they ought to be . '
The idea pleased the men , and they handed him the shoes ; but the moment they were on his feet he cried : ' I wish to be in the castle XXXXX the Banka ! '
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