` It is the man who is lying under the cask , ' answered the leader . ` Go and kill him , and then come and eat your food and sleep , for we must be off betimes in the morning . ' So four of them killed the fisher 's son and left him , and then went to bed . By sunrise they were all out of the house , for they had far to go . And when they had disappeared the deer came off the roof , to where the dead man lay , and she shook her head over him , and wax fell from her ear , and he jumped up as well as ever . ` Trust me and eat as you did before , and no harm shall happen to you , ' said she . So Ian ate and drank , and fell sound asleep under the cask . In the evening the robbers arrived very tired , and crosser than they had been yesterday , for their luck had turned and they had brought back scarcely anything . ` Someone has eaten our dinner again , ' cried they . ` It is the man under the barrel , ' answered the captain . ` Let four of you go and kill him , but first slay the other four who pretended to kill him last night and did n't because he is still alive . ' Then Ian was killed a second time , and after the rest of the robbers had eaten , they lay down and slept till morning . No sooner were their faces touched with the sun 's rays than they were up and off . Then the deer entered and dropped the healing wax on the dead man , and he was as well as ever . By this time he did not mind what befell him , so sure was he that the deer would take care of him , and in the evening that which had happened before happened again -- the four robbers were put to death and the fisher 's son also , but because there was no food left for them to eat , they were nearly mad with rage , and began to quarrel . From quarrelling they went on to fighting , and fought so hard that by and bye they were all stretched dead on the floor . Then the deer entered , and the fisher 's son was restored to life , and bidding him follow her , she ran on to a little white cottage where dwelt an old woman and her son , who was thin and dark . ` Here I must leave you , ' said the deer , ` but to-morrow meet me at midday in the church that is yonder . ' And jumping across the stream , she vanished into a wood . Next day he set out for the church , but the old woman of the cottage had gone before him , and had stuck an enchanted stick called ` the spike of hurt ' in a crack of the door , so that he would brush against it as he stepped across the threshold .
Suddenly he felt so sleepy that he could not stand up , and throwing himself XXXXX the ground he sank into a deep slumber , not knowing that the dark lad was watching him .
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