Is this you ? ' ` It is I , ' croaked the little frog ; and as the knife touched him he was a man again , and , springing up , he clasped her in his arms . ` But we must not forget the others , ' she said at last , and began to transform the fishes to their proper shapes . There were so many of them that it took quite a long time . Just as she had finished there arrived the little dwarf from the Deer 's Leap in a car drawn by six cockchafers , which once had been the six stone eggs . ` Here I am ! ' he exclaimed . ` You have broken the spell that held me , and now come and get your reward , ' and , dismounting from his chariot , he led them down into the caves filled with gold and jewels , and bade Bellah and Houarn take as much as they wanted . When their pockets were full , Bellah ordered her stick to become a winged carriage , large enough to bear them and the men they had rescued back to Lanillis . There they were married the next day , but instead of setting up housekeeping with the little cow and pig to fatten that they had so long wished for , they were able to buy lands for miles round for themselves , and gave each man who had been delivered from the Groac ' h a small farm , where he lived happily to the end of his days . From ` Le Foyer Breton , ' par E. Souvestre . The Escape of the Mouse Manawyddan the prince and his friend Pryderi were wanderers , for the brother of Manawyddan had been slain , and his throne taken from him . Very sorrowful was Manawyddan , but Pryderi was stout of heart , and bade him be of good cheer , as he knew a way out of his trouble . ` And what may that be ? ' asked Manawyddan . ` It is that thou marry my mother Rhiannon and become lord of the fair lands that I will give her for dowry . Never did any lady have more wit than she , and in her youth none was more lovely ; even yet she is good to look upon . ' ` Thou art the best friend that ever a man had , ' said Manawyddan . ` Let us go now to seek Rhiannon , and the lands where she dwells . ' Then they set forth , but the news of their coming ran swifter still , and Rhiannon and Kieva , wife of Pryderi , made haste to prepare a feast for them .
And Manawyddan found that Pryderi had spoken the truth concerning his mother , and asked if she would take him XXXXX her husband .
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