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'I should like to see you do it, if you've no objection, said Moscione. The man at once placed a pea on a stone, and, drawing his bow, he shot it in the middle with the greatest possible ease. When Moscione saw that he had spoken the truth, he immediately asked Hit-the-Point to join his party.
The princess ran as quickly as ever, but poor Quick-as-Thought was like an overloaded donkey, and could not go a step. Then Hit-the-Point, who had heard all about the princess's deception from Hare's-ear, when he saw the danger his friend was in, seized his bow and arrow and shot the stone out of the ring Quick-as-Thought was wearing.
Come with us, and your fortune's made. The young man consented; and after they had gone about ten miles, they met a third man, to whom Moscione said: 'What's your name, my brave fellow; where were you born, and what can you do? The man replied, 'I am called Hit-the-Point, I come from the city of Perfect-aim, and I draw my bow so exactly that I can shoot a pea off a stone.
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