" To this day when anyone
brings a jay to one of his descendants, he buys it for silver and gives it
liberty. This story is true, and is not a lie.
THE OGRE AND THE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
Some hunters set out with their camels. When they came to the
hunting-ground they loosed their camels to let them graze, and hunted until
the setting of the sun, and then came back to their camp. One day while one
of them was going along he saw the marks of an ogre, each one three feet
wide, and began to follow them. He proceeded and found the place where the
ogre had lately made his lair. He returned and said to his companions:
"I've found the traces of an ogre. Come, let us seek him."
"No," they answered, "we will not go to seek him, because we are not
stronger than he is."
"Grant me fourteen days," said the huntsman. "If I return, you shall see.
If not, take back my camel with the game."
The next day he set out and began to follow the traces of the ogre. He
walked for four days, when he discovered a cave, into which he entered.
Within he found a beautiful woman, who said to him:
"What brings thee here, where thou wilt be devoured by this ogre?"
"But thou," answered the hunter, "what is thy story and how did the ogre
bring thee here?"
"Three days ago he stole me," she replied.
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