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The general of Annam, astonished at his bravery, appointed him a colonel, and in putting down a revolt his services were so meritorious that he was already a general of the second rank when but eighteen. At about this time another merchant was also driven ashore by a storm on the island of Wo-Me.
The ogre was pleased and said: "Wo-Me is my old home, but it lies about eight thousand miles away from here. This is the kingdom of the poison dragons." Then the ogre fetched a ship and had Panther seat himself in it, while he himself pushed the ship before him through the water so that it clove the waves like an arrow.
The whole herd followed him into the cave, and stood at either hand of him, looking up to him and folding their arms across their breasts in the form of a cross in order to do him honor. The great king nodded, looked around and asked: "Are all the folk of the Wo-Me hills present?" The entire herd declared that they were. Then he saw the merchant and asked: "From whence does he hail?"
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