But when his mother heard what he had done she was very angry , and beat him with a stick which she had in her hand . ` That will teach you to sell my property , ' said she , when her arm was quite tired , but Ian her son answered her nothing , and went off to his bed , for he was very sore . That night he rose softly , and left the house carrying the gun with him . ' I will not stay here to be beaten , ' thought he , and he walked and he walked and he walked , till it was day again , and he was hungry and looked about him to see if he could get anything to eat . Not very far off was a farm-house , so he went there , and knocked at the door , and the farmer and his wife begged him to come in , and share their breakfast . ` Ah , you have a gun , ' said the farmer as the young man placed it in a corner . ` That is well , for a deer comes every evening to eat my corn , and I can not catch it . It is fortune that has sent you to me . ' ' I will gladly remain and shoot the deer for you , ' replied the youth , and that night he hid himself and watched till the deer came to the cornfield ; then he lifted his gun to his shoulder and was just going to pull the trigger , when , behold ! instead of a deer , a woman with long black hair was standing there . At this sight his gun almost dropped from his hand in surprise , but as he looked , there was the deer eating the corn again . And thrice this happened , till the deer ran away over the moor , and the young man after her . On they went , on and on and one , till they reached a cottage which was thatched with heather . With a bound the deer sprang on the roof , and lay down where none could see her , but as she did so she called out , ` Go in , fisher 's son , and eat and drink while you may . ' So he entered and found food and wine on the table , but no man , for the house belonged to some robbers , who were still away at their wicked business . After Ian , the fisher 's son , had eaten all he wanted , he hid himself behind a great cask , and very soon he heard a noise , as of men coming through the heather , and the small twigs snapping under their feet . From his dark corner he could see into the room , and he counted four and twenty of them , all big , cross-looking men . ` Some one has been eating our dinner , ' cried they , ` and there was hardly enough for ourselves . ' ` 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 XXXXX them killed the fisher 's son and left him , and then went to bed .
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