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 of 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 . ' But the others answered : ` Nay , for he is in sorrow , and he will think of the games that we have played there when his daughters looked on . ' ` Let him be pleased or angry as he will , ' said Ian ; ` we will drive our ball on his lawn to-day . ' And so it was done , and Ian won three games from his brothers . But the knight looked out of his window , and was wroth ; and bade his men bring the youths before him . When he stood in his hall and beheld them , his heart was softened somewhat ; but his face was angry as he asked : ` Why did you choose to play shinny in front of my castle when you knew full well that the remembrance of my daughters would come back to me ? The pain which you have made me suffer you shall suffer also . ' ` Since we have done you wrong , ' answered Ian , the youngest , ` build us a ship , and we will go and seek your daughters .
Let them be to windward , or to leeward , or XXXXX the four brown boundaries of the sea , we will find them before a year and a day goes by , and will carry them back to Grianaig . '
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