Part 25 (1/2)

The tailor went then till he caiant was, and asked did he want a servant-boy The giant said he did want one, if he could get one ould do everything that he would do hi that you will do, I will do it,” said the tailor

They went to their dinner then, and when they had it eaten, the giant asked the tailor ”would it come with hi” The tailor said, ”It will coive in on it” The tailor went out then, and he got a sheep-skin, and he sewed it up till heof it, and he slipped it down under his coat

He caallon of the broth hi ”I'll do that,” said the tailor He was going on until he had it all poured into the skin, and the giant thought he had it drunk The giant drank another gallon then, and the tailor let another gallon down into the skin, but the giant thought he was drinking it

”I'll do a thing now that it won't come with you to do,” said the tailor

”You will not,” said the giant ”What is it you would do?”

”Make a hole and let out the broth again,” said the tailor

”Do it yourself first,” said the giant

The tailor gave a prod of the knife, and he let the broth out of the skin

”Do that you,” said he

”I will,” said the giant, giving such a prod of the knife into his own stomach that he killed hiiant

He went to the king then, and desired him to send him out his wife and his ain unless he should get the wife They were afraid then that he would thron the court, and they sent the wife to hione, himself and his wife, they repented and followed hiain The people ere after hi him till they came to the place where the lion was, and the lion said to theoing by, and if ye loose me now, I am swifter than ye, and I will follow them till I overtake them” When they heard that, they loosed out the lion

The lion and the people of Dublin went on, and they were pursuing him, until they careeted the, and if ye will loose me out, I am swifter than ye, and I will follow them, and overtake them” They loosed out the fox then

The lion and the fox and the ar would they catch the tailor, and they were going till they caarraun was, and the old white garraun said to the, and ”Loose me out,” said he; ”I am swifter than ye, and I'll overtake thearraun then, and the old white garraun, the fox, the lion, and the arether, and it was not long till they came up with him, and saw himself and the wife out before theot out of the coach with his wife, and he sat down on the ground

When the old white garraun saw the tailor sitting down on the ground, he said, ”That's the position he had when he made the hole for me, that I couldn't coo no nearer to him”

”No!” said the fox, ”but that's the way he hen he was o no nearer to him”

”No!” says the lion, ”but that's the very way he had, when he was o no nearer to him”

They all went from him then and returned The tailor and his wife came home to Galway

THE CASTLE OF FORTUNE[1]

[1] Adapted froe by Robert Reinick

One lovely su, just as the sun rose, two travelers started on a journey They were both strong young men, but one was a lazy fellow and the other was a worker

As the first sunbea on the heights, as far away as the eye could see It was a wonderful and beautiful castle, all glistening towers that glea s that shone like crystal The two young o nearer

Suddenly, out of the distance, soold, swept toward them And when it came nearer, they saw that it was a ar on her head a crown so bright that no one could tell whether it was of diareat, shi+ning, golden ball, which rolled along with her, swifter than the wind As she passed the travelers, she turned her face to them and smiled