and how brave Gon had been, and how he had delivered her from her
enemy the serpent.

And when the prince heard, he swore they should never leave them,
but should go with the princess wherever she went. So it all fell
out as the princess wished; and Gon and Koma had many children,
and so had the princess, and they all played together, and were
friends to the end of their lives.





How the Dragon Was Tricked
From Griechtsche und Albanesische Marchen, von J. G. von Hahn.
(Leipzig: Engelmann. 1864.)




Once upon a time there lived a man who had two sons but they did
not get on at all well together, for the younger was much
handsomer than his elder brother who was very jealous of him.
When they grew older, things became worse and worse, and at last
one day as they were walking through a wood the elder youth
seized hold of the other, tied him to a tree, and went on his way
hoping that the boy might starve to death.

However, it happened that an old and humpbacked shepherd passed
the tree with his flock, and seeing the prisoner, he stopped and