The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-18
= By sEUMAs NIACMANUs

supper and made soft bad ana he ate
heartily and slept soundly that night
IN the morning she called him early and
she directed him On his way to meet the
BACK Bull Of the Brown Wood. But my
poor Amadsn." she said. no one has ever
YET met that Bull and come back alive"
she tod him when he would reach the
place OF meeting the Bull would come
'eafins down the hill like a hurricane
heres a cloak" says she 'to throw
upon the rock that Is standing there You
hlde yourself behind the rock, and wnen
the Bull comes tearing down, he Will dash
al tEe cloak and blind himself with the
/ eraAh against TIE rock. Then you jump
on the Bul's back and fight for life. II.
at1er the fight you are living, come back
and see ne, and IL you are dead, I'll 90
and see you"
The Amadan took the cloak, thanked
heT, and set OF. end Travelled on and on
Onul ne came 10 the place Of meeting.
When the Amadan came there he saw
the Bull OF the Brown Wood come tearing
down the hill Ike a hurricane. ana he
threw the cloak on the rock and hid be-
mind IT, and with the fury of his dash
against the cloak. the Bull blinded him
sell, and the roar Of his fury split the
rock.
The Amadan lost no time Jumping on
MS back. and with his sword began hack
ing and slashing him, but he was no easy
bull 10 conquer, and a great fight the
Amadan had.
They made the hard ground into soft.
and the soft into spring wells: they made
the rocks into pebbles, and the pebbles
into gravel, and the gravel fell over the
country like hailstones All the birds Of
the air from the lower end of the world 10
/ the upper end Of the world. and all the
, Wild beasts and tame from the four ends
+ OF the earth came flockng to see the
( hght' and at length, after a long time, the
/ Amadan ran his sword right through the
I Bulls heart and the Bull fell down dead
But before he died he put the Amadan
under geasa TO meet and to fight the
\ "hlte Nether or the H,ll of Waterfalls
Then the Amadan rubbed his own
wounds WIN the iocshlainte and he was
/ as tresn and hale as when he went into
/ the fight
Then he set out and Travelled back to
/ the little hut again that had no shelter
/ without or within, only one feather over
! IL. and The rough red woman was stand
ing In the door, and she welcomed the
] -N-AASAN-e'-A anu dsht1 MIN IUc news.
! He told her all about the fight and
/ that the Black Bull os the Woods had
/ put him under geasa to meet and 10 fight
the White Wether Of the Hill of Water
| falls.
l m sorry Tor you, my poor Amadan,"
says she, "for no one ever before met
! that White wether and came back alive.
! But come in and eat and rest anyhow.
] for you must be both hungry and sleepy"
So she spread him a hearty meal and
made him a soft bed. and the Amadan
ate and slept sOundly and in the morn
ing she directed him to where he would
meet the White Wether of the Hill OF
the Waterfalls. And she told him that
10 steel was tougher than the hide of
the White Wether, that a sword was
never yet made that could so through
( II, and that there was only one plaCe-a
! little white spot just over the Wether's
| heart-where he could be killed or sword
| could cut through And she told the
Amadan that his only chance was 70
/ hit this spot.
/ The Amadan thanked her and set out
| He travelled away and away before him
=, until ne came to the Hill of the Water
! falls, and as soon as he reached it he
saw the White Wether coming tearing
! toward him in a furious rage. and the
earth he was throwing up with his horns
was shutting ont The sun.
| And when Wether came up and asked
/ the Amadan what great feats he had done
| that made him impudent enough TO dare
/ to come here the Amadan said: with
| this sword / have killed Slat Nor, Sat
| Marr, Slat Beag. the Cailliach of the
/ Rocks and her four Badachs. and likewise
4 the Black Bull of the Brown Wood"
Then" said the White Wether, you'll
never kill any other" And at the Am
adam IT sprung.
| The Amadan struck AT II with his
! sword, and the sword glanced off il as
| it might off steel. Both of them fell to
! the fight with all their hearts and such
a fight never was before or since. They
made the hard ground into soft and the
soft into spring wells; they made the
rocks into pebbles, and the pebbles into
gravel, and the gravel fell over the coun-
try like hailstones. All the birds of the
air from the lower end Of the world "a
the upper end of the world, and all the
wild beasts and the tame came from the
four ends of the earth, came flocking 10
see the fight, but at length and at last,
after long and terrible fight. the ANA