for the trouble thou hast given me:” with that he opened his monstrous jaws, and sprang forward to devour her; but she, being on her guard, stepped back, got time to pull out one of her hairs, and by pronouncing three or four words, changed it into a sharp sword, with which she cut the lion in two through the middle.
The two parts of the lion disappeared, while the head changed into a large scorpion. Immediately the princess turned herself into a serpent,
for the trouble thou hast given me:” with that he opened his monstrous jaws, and sprang forward to devour her; but she, being on her guard, stepped back, got time to pull out one of her hairs, and by pronouncing three or four words, changed it into a sharp sword, with which she cut the lion in two through the middle.
The two parts of the lion disappeared, while the head changed into a large scorpion. Immediately the princess turned herself into a serpent,
