At that instant , however , the head of the elder appeared above the rock , brought upwards by the magic line . The witch gave a howl of disgust , and hid her face in her hands ; thus giving the younger sister time to fasten the cord to her waist before the ogress looked up . ` You ca n't expect such luck twice , ' she said ; and the girl sat down and slid over the edge . But in a few minutes she too was back again , and the witch saw that she had failed , and feared lest her power was going . Trembling with rage though she was , she dared not show it , and only laughed hideously . ' I sha 'n' t let my prisoners go as easily as all that ! ' she said . ` Make my hair grow as thick and as black as yours , or else your husbands shall never see daylight again . ' ` That is quite simple , ' replied the elder sister ; ` only you must do as we did -- and perhaps you wo n't like the treatment . ' ` If you can bear it , of course I can , ' answered the witch . And so the girls told her they had first smeared their heads with pitch and then laid hot stones upon them . ` It is very painful , ' said they , ` but there is no other way that we know of . And in order to make sure that all will go right , one of us will hold you down while the other pours on the pitch . ' And so they did ; and the elder sister let down her hair till it hung over the witch 's eyes , so that she might believe it was her own hair growing . Then the other brought a huge stone , and , in short , there was an end of the witch . The sisters were savages who had never seen a missionary . So when the sisters saw that she was dead they went to the hut , and nursed their husbands till they grew strong . Then they picked up the frog , and all went to make another home on the other side of the great lake . The Frog and the Lion Fairy -LSB- From the Journal of the Anthropological Institute . -RSB- Once upon a time there lived a king who was always at war with his neighbours , which was very strange , as he was a good and kind man , quite content with his own country , and not wanting to seize land belonging to other people .
Perhaps he may have tried too much to please everybody , and that often ends in pleasing nobody ; but , at any rate , he found himself , at the end of a hard struggle , defeated in battle , and obliged to fall back behind the walls XXXXX his capital city .
At From as lest of on that to upon with