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'You have broken the spell that held me, and now come and get your reward, and, dismounting from his chariot, he led them down into the caves filled with gold and jewels, and bade Bellah and Houarn take as much as they wanted. When their pockets were full, Bellah ordered her stick to become a winged carriage, large enough to bear them and the men they had rescued back to Lanillis.
'Like you, we came to the isle of Lok to seek our fortunes, and like you we consented to marry the Groac'h, and no sooner was the ceremony over than she turned us into fishes, as she had done to all our forerunners, who are in the fish-pond still, where you will shortly join them. On hearing this Houarn leaped into the air, as if he already felt himself frizzling in the golden pot.
Whenever they met they repeated their grievances, and at length Houarn's patience was exhausted, and one morning he came to Bellah and told her that he was going away to seek his fortune. The girl was very unhappy as she listened to this, and felt sorry that she had not tried to make the best of things. She implored Houarn not to leave her, but he would listen to nothing.
The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok In old times, when all kinds of wonderful things happened in Brittany, there lived in the village of Lanillis, a young man named Houarn Pogamm and a girl called Bellah Postik.
Then they cried for a little on each other's necks, and Houarn started for the mountains. But in those days, as in these, beggars abounded, and through every village he passed they followed Houarn in crowds, mistaking him for a gentleman, because there were no holes in his clothes. 'There is no fortune to be made here, he thought to himself; 'it is a place for spending, and not earning.
'Poor little cock! she said, 'and how am I to deliver you? 'By delivering Houarn, who is in the power of the Groac'h. 'Ah! tell me how I can manage that, and if I have to walk round the whole of Brittany on my bended knees I will do it! 'Well, first you must dress yourself as a young man, and then go and seek the Groac'h.
'I do not wonder, exclaimed Houarn, who now felt quite at home 'I do not wonder that the people on the earth have so much to say about you. 'The rich are always envied. 'For myself, he added, with a laugh, 'I only ask for the half of your wealth. 'You can have it, if you will, Houarn, answered the fairy. 'What do you mean? cried he.
Whenever they met they repeated their grievances, and at length Houarn's patience was exhausted, and one morning he came to Bellah and told her that he was going away to seek his fortune. The girl was very unhappy as she listened to this, and felt sorry that she had not tried to make the best of things. She implored Houarn not to leave her, but he would listen to nothing.
In a large hall the Groac'h was lying on a couch of gold. The pink and white of her face reminded you of the shells of her palace, while her long black hair was intertwined with strings of coral, and her dress of green silk seemed formed out of the sea. At the sight of her Houarn stopped, dazzled by her beauty. 'Come in, said the Groac'h, rising to her feet.
'Like you, we came to the isle of Lok to seek our fortunes, and like you we consented to marry the Groac'h, and no sooner was the ceremony over than she turned us into fishes, as she had done to all our forerunners, who are in the fish-pond still, where you will shortly join them. On hearing this Houarn leaped into the air, as if he already felt himself frizzling in the golden pot.
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