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And when the sister brought her brother from his hiding-place the Emperor ran to meet him and showered kisses upon him. "Welcome here, brother-in-law!" "God be with you, sister's husband!" "Where were you hiding?" "Here I am!" And he told him the object of his journey, from beginning to end. The Dragon-emperor said to him, "You are running the greatest risk, God help you!
For a long time he walked on, without having any more adventures, till at length he met a man travelling on the same road. 'Oh, brother! asked the prince, 'tell me, if you can, where the dragon-emperor lives?
The man told him where he would find the palace, and how long it would take him to get there, and the prince thanked him, and followed his directions, till that same evening he reached the town where the dragon-emperor lived. When he entered the palace, to his great joy he found his wife sitting alone in a vast hall, and they began hastily to invent plans for her escape.
But while they were kindling Steelpacha overtook him, drew his sword, and cleft the Prince in half. That very moment what a prodigy occurred! There came flying the Dragon-emperor with his dragons, the Falcon-emperor with his falcons, and the Eagle-emperor with all his eagles, and waged battle with Steelpacha.
Would you do any harm to my brothers if they happened to come here?" The Dragon-emperor answered, "I would have the eldest and the second killed and roasted, but I would do nothing to the youngest." Upon this she said, "My youngest brother, your brother-in-law, is arrived." When the Dragon-emperor heard this he cried, "Out with him, then!"
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