` To save you ! ' repeated Bellah . ` But who are you , my little friend ? ' ' I am the husband of the Groac ' h of the isle of Lok , and it is owing to her that I am here . ' ` But what are you doing in this nest ? ' ' I am sitting on six eggs of stone , and I shall not be set free till they are hatched . ' On hearing this Bellah began to laugh . ` Poor little cock ! ' she said , ` and how am I to deliver you ? ' ` By delivering Houarn , who is in the power of the Groac ` h. ' ` Ah ! tell me how I can manage that , and if I have to walk round the whole of Brittany on my bended knees I will do it ! ' ` Well , first you must dress yourself as a young man , and then go and seek the Groac ` h . When you have found her you must contrive to get hold of the net of steel that hangs from her waist , and shut her up in it for ever . ' ` But where am I to find a young man 's clothes ? ' asked she . ' I will show you , ' he replied , and as he spoke he pulled out three of his red hairs and blew them away , muttering something the while . In the twinkling of an eye the four hairs changed into four tailors , of whom the first carried a cabbage , the second a pair of scissors , the third a needle , and the fourth an iron . Without waiting for orders , they sat down in the nest and , crossing their legs comfortably , began to prepare the suit of clothes for Bellah . With one of the leaves of the cabbage they made her a coat , and another served for a waistcoat ; but it took two for the wide breeches which were then in fashion . The hat was cut from the heart of the cabbage , and a pair of shoes from the thick stem .
And when Bellah had put them all XXXXX you would have taken her for a gentleman dressed in green velvet , lined with white satin .
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