United States or Spain ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
So he settled himself more firmly in the saddle, seized his sword with a tighter grip, and thus prepared awaited the approach of the foe he saw advancing. Such a thing, how can I describe it? It was like a man dreaming that he sees something which has what it has not, and has not what it has this was the shape in which the Welwa now appeared to Petru.
'May your wife be the most beautiful of women, said the Welwa, 'for you have delivered me from my enchantment. So the four horses galloped fast, and by nightfall they were at the borders of the golden forest. Then Petru began to think of the crowns that he wore, and what they had cost him. 'After all, what do I want with so many?
When the rosy light of morning began to glimmer, Petru how, I don't know, it's enough that he did it threw the bridle over the head of the wearied Welwa, which instantly became a horse the handsomest horse in the world. "Sweet be your life, for you have delivered me from enchantment," said the transformed Welwa, and began to caress the bay charger.
'Make one more struggle; it is nearly over now, said the horse, seeing that Petru's strength was waning fast. Petru wiped the sweat from his brow with his gauntlet, and with a desperate effort rose to his feet. 'Strike the Welwa on the mouth with the bridle, said the horse, and Petru did it.
Petru rose in his stirrups and began to strike, sometimes with his sword, sometimes with his arm, till the perspiration ran down his body in streams. A day and night passed away; the battle was not yet decided. "Stop, so that we can rest a little while," said the Welwa, panting for breath. The hero let his sword fall.
If she is ordained to be the cause of my death, well, then it will be so; but if not I shall conquer her though she were twelve hundred Welwas, and once more he stooped down to gather the flowers. 'You have done very wrong, said the horse sadly. 'But it can't be helped now. Get yourself ready for battle, for here is the Welwa!
The Welwa uttered a neigh so loud that Petru thought he would be deaf for life, and then, though she too was nearly spent, flung herself upon her enemy; but Petru was on the watch and threw the bridle over her head, as she rushed on, so that when the day broke there were three horses trotting beside him.
'Do not pluck them, warned the Welwa, trotting beside him, 'for my brother is seven times stronger than I'; but though Petru knew by experience what this meant, it was no use, and after a moment's hesitation he began to gather the flowers, and to twist himself a wreath.
If I am fated to die by its hands, it will kill me in some way, and if not I shall escape, though there should be hundreds and thousands like it." Then he began to pull off the flowers. "You have done wrong!" said the bay anxiously. "But as the thing has happened it can't be changed, so gird yourself and prepare to fight, for here is the Welwa."
"Now strike the Welwa on the mouth with the bridle?" said the bay. Petru did as he was bid. The Welwa neighed so loudly that Petru thought he should be deafened, then, though so tired that it was scarcely able to move, rushed upon the hero. The fight was now not long. Petru managed to throw the bridle over this Welwa's head, too. When broad day came, the hero was riding on the fourth horse.
Word Of The Day