` How dare you say such things ? I defy you to prove it , ' answered Isuro boldly . And he danced forward , and turned head over heels , and shook himself before them all . ' I spoke hastily ; you are innocent , ' said the old man ; ` but now let the baboon do likewise . ' And when Gudu began to jump the goat 's bones rattled and the people cried : ` It is Gudu who is the goat-slayer ! ' But Gudu answered : ` Nay , I did not kill your goat ; it was Isuro , and he ate the meat , and hung the bones round my neck . So it is he who should die ! ' And the people looked at each other , for they knew not what to believe . At length one man said : ` Let them both die , but they may choose their own deaths . ' Then Isuro answered : ` If we must die , put us in the place where the wood is cut , and heap it up all round us , so that we can not escape , and set fire to the wood ; and if one is burned and the other is not , then he that is burned is the goat-slayer . ' And the people did as Isuro had said . But Isuro knew of a hole under the wood-pile , and when the fire was kindled he ran into the hole , but Gudu died there . When the fire had burned itself out and only ashes were left where the wood had been , Isuro came out of his hole , and said to the people : ` Lo ! did I not speak well ? He who killed your goat is among those ashes . ' Ian , the Soldier 's Son -LSB- Mashona Story . -RSB- There dwelt a knight in Grianaig of the land of the West , who had three daughters , and for goodness and beauty they had not their like in all the isles . All the people loved them , and loud was the weeping when one day , as the three maidens sat on the rocks on the edge of the sea , dipping their feet in the water , there arose a great beast from under the waves and swept them away beneath the ocean . And none knew whither they had gone , or how to seek them . Now there lived in a town a few miles off a soldier who had three sons , fine youths and strong , and the best players at shinny in that country .
At Christmastide that year , when families met together and great feasts were held , Ian , the youngest XXXXX the three brothers , said : ` Let us have a match at shinny on the lawn of the knight of Grianaig , for his lawn is wider and the grass smoother than ours . '
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