vultures,helpme!"andtheskydarkenedwithvulturescirclingdowntoearth.Theyouthattachedaphialtotheneckofeach,andthevulturessoaredinagrandformationstraighttothespringonthemountaintop,filledtheirphials,andflewbackwiththemtotheyouth,whopouredthewaterintothebarrelhehadwaiting.
Whenthebarrelwasfull,hoofbeatswereheardretreating.FairySibianawasfleeingfordearlife,followedbyherdwarfs,whileoutofthepalaceranthekingofEnglandsdaughter,cheering:"Imsafeatlast!Yousetmefree!"
Withthekingsdaughterandthewateroflonglife,theyouthreturnedtohisship,wheretheoldsailorwasallreadytoweighanchor.
ThekingofEnglandscannedtheseaeverydaythroughhistelescope.SeeingashipapproachthatwasflyingtheEnglishflag,herantoportoverjoyed.Whenthemangyonebeheldtheyouthsafeandsoundandescortingthekingsdaughter,hewasfittobetiedandresolvedtohavehimkilled.
Whilethekingwascelebratinghisdaughtersreturnwithagrandbanquet,twogrim-lookingfellowscametogettheyouth,sayingitwasamatteroflifeanddeath.Puzzled,hefollowedthem.Whentheygottothewoods,thetwofellows,whowereassassinshiredbythemangyone,drewtheirknivesandcuttheyouthsthroat.
Meanwhileatthebanquet,thekingsdaughterwasmoreandmoreworried,sincetheyouthhadgoneoffwiththatsinisterpairandnotreturned.Shewentoutlookingforhimand,reachingthewoods,foundhisbodycoveredwithwounds.Buttheoldsailorhadbroughtalongthebarrelcontainingthewateroflonglife,inwhichheimmersedtheyouthsbody,onlytoseehimjumprightbackoutassoundaseverandsohandsomethatthekingsdaughterthrewherarmsaroundhisneck.
Themangyonewaslividwithrage."Whatsinthatbarrel?"heasked.
"Boilingoil,"repliedthesailor.
Sothemangyonehadabarrelofoilheatedtoboilingandannouncedtotheprincess:"IfyoudontlovemeIllkillmyself."Hestabbedhimselfwithhisdaggerandleapedintotheboilingoil.Hewasinstantlyscaldedtodeath.Alsohisblackwighadflownoffwhenheleaped,revealinghismangyhead.
"Ah,themangyone!"exclaimedthekingofEngland."Thecruelestofallmyenemies.Hefinallygotwhatwascomingtohim.Soyou,valiantyouth,aremygodson!Youshallmarrymydaughterandinheritmykingdom!"Andsoitwas.
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