` Now it is your turn , ' said the princess to the youth . ` Let us see if you can change yourself into a lion . ' And in a moment such a fierce creature stood before them , that all the guests rushed out of the hall , treading each other underfoot in their fright . The lion sprang at the Red Knight , and would have torn him in pieces had not the princess held him back , and bidden him to change himself into a man again . And in a second a man took the place of the lion . ` Now become a bear , ' said she ; and a bear advanced panting and stretching out his arms to the Red Knight , who shrank behind the princess . By this time some of the guests had regained their courage , and returned as far as the door , thinking that if it was safe for the princess perhaps it was safe for them . The king , who was braver than they , and felt it needful to set them a good example besides , had never left his seat , and when at a new command of the princess the bear once more turned into a man , he was silent from astonishment , and a suspicion of the truth began to dawn on him . ` Was it he who fetched the sword ? ' asked the king . ` Yes , it was , ' answered the princess ; and she told him the whole story , and how she had broken her gold ring and given him half of it . And the prince took out his half of the ring , and the princess took out hers , and they fitted exactly . Next day the Red Knight was hanged , as he richly deserved , and there was a new marriage feast for the prince and princess . -LSB- Lapplandische Mahrchen . -RSB- Pivi and Kabo When birds were men , and men were birds , Pivi and Kabo lived in an island far away , called New Claledonia . Pivi was a cheery little bird that chirps at sunset ; Kabo was an ugly black fowl that croaks in the darkness . One day Pivi and Kabo thought that they would make slings , and practice slinging , as the people of the island still do . So they went to a banyan tree , and stripped the bark to make strings for their slings , and next they repaired to the river bank to find stones . Kabo stood on the bank of the river , and Pivi went into the water . The game was for Kabo to sling at Pivi , and for Pivi to dodge the stones , if he could .
For some time he dodged them cleverly , but at last a stone XXXXX Kabo 's sling hit poor Pivi on the leg and broke it .
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