From ` Le Foyer Breton , ' par E. Souvestre . The Groac ' h of the Isle of Lok In old times , when all kinds of wonderful things happened in Brittany , there lived in the village of Lanillis , a young man named Houarn Pogamm and a girl called Bellah Postik . They were cousins , and as their mothers were great friends , and constantly in and out of each other 's houses , they had often been laid in the same cradle , and had played and fought over their games . ` When they are grown up they will marry , ' said the mothers ; but just as every one was beginning to think of wedding bells , the two mothers died , and the cousins , who had no money , went as servants in the same house . This was better than being parted , of course , but not so good as having a little cottage of their own , where they could do as they liked , and soon they might have been heard bewailing to each other the hardness of their lots . ` If we could only manage to buy a cow and get a pig to fatten , ' grumbled Houarn , ' I would rent a bit of ground from the master , and then we could be married . ' ` Yes , ' answered Bellah , with a deep sigh ; ` but we live in such hard times , and at the last fair the price of pigs had risen again . ' ` We shall have long to wait , that is quite clear , ' replied Houarn , turning away to his work . Whenever they met they repeated their grievances , and at length Houarn 's patience was exhausted , and one morning he came to Bellah and told her that he was going away to seek his fortune . The girl was very unhappy as she listened to this , and felt sorry that she had not tried to make the best of things . She implored Houarn not to leave her , but he would listen to nothing . ` The birds , ' he said , ` continue flying until they reach a field of corn , and the bees do not stop unless they find the honey-giving flowers , and why should a man have less sense than they ? Like them , I shall seek till I get what I want -- that is , money to buy a cow and a pig to fatten . And if you love me , Bellah , you wo n't attempt to hinder a plan which will hasten our marriage . ' The girl saw it was useless to say more , so she answered sadly : ` Well , go then , since you must . But first I will divide with you all that my parents left me , ' and going to her room , she opened a small chest , and took from it a bell , a knife , and a little stick . ` This bell , ' she said , ` can be heard at any distance , however far , but it only rings to warn us that our friends are in great danger . The knife frees all it touches from the spells that have been laid on them ; while the stick will carry you wherever you want to go . I will give you the knife to guard you against the enchantments of wizards , and the bell to tell me of your perils . The stick I shall keep for myself , so that I can fly to you if ever you have need of me . '
Then they cried for a little XXXXX each other 's necks , and Houarn started for the mountains .
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