The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-16
THE AMADAN OF THE DOUGH-.
Copyright. 1900. BY s.uma, Macuauu,.


There was a king once on n time that had a Sol
that was an Amadan half foolish fellow
The Amadan's mother died. and the king mar
ried again.
His stepmother was always afraid OF hi
beating her children. he was growing 80 his
| and strong. so TO keep him from growing, anc
weaken him. she had him fed on dough made
of raw meal and water. and for that he wa'
called the Amadan Of the Dough.
But instead Of getting weaker IL was get
| ting stronger the Amadan was on this fare,
and he was able TO thrash all Of his stepbroth-
ers together.
At length his stepmother told his father
that he would have 10 drive the Amadan away.
The father ed 10 put him away. but
the Amadan refused to go till his father would
give him a sword so sharp that it would cut
a pack Of wool, falling on It.
After a great deal Of time and trouble spent
in getting such a sword the father got this and
gave IL to the Amadan, and when the Amadan
tried IL and found it what he wanted he bade
them all good-by and set OF
For seven days and seven nights he travelled
away before him without meeting anything
wonderful. but on the seventh night he came
up to a great castle. he went in and found no
one there. but he found a great dinner spread
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most OF his time, down the Amadansat to the
table and whacked away.
When he had finished with his dinner up
to the castle came three young princes. stout,
strong. able fellows, but they We're very, very
tired. and bleeding from wounds all over them.
They struck the castle with n flint, and all
at once the whole castle shone as II on fire.
The Amadan sprang at the three OF them TO
kill them. He said What do you mean by
putting the castle on fire."
"Oh, Amadan," they said, don't interfere
with us. for we are nearly killed as IL is. The
castle isn't on fire. Every day we have to 40
out to fight three giants-Slat Nor. Stat Mari
and Stat Beag We fight them all day long.
and just as night is falling We have the M killed
But however 1t comes, in the night they always
conn to life again. and II they didn't see this
castle III up, they'd come in on top OF us and
murder us while We slept. So every night
when we come back from the fight we light up
the castle Then We can sleep In peace until
morning and in the morning go on and fight the
giants again"
When the Amadan heard this. he wondered,
and he said he should very much like to help
them kill the giants. They said they would
be very glad To have such a fine fellows help
and so il, was agreed that the Amadan should
go with them TO the fight next day
Then the three princes washed themselves
went TO bed.
In the morning all four OF them set of and
travelled 10 the Glen OF the Echoes. where the
NOW. SAYS the Amadan. III you three will
engage the two smaller giants. Stat Mari a nd
Stat Beag. Ill engage Stat Nor myself and Kill
him "
They agreed 70 this
Now. the smallest of the giants was far big
ger and more terrible than any thing ever the
AmNdan had 1Hpu or heard OF i'm his life before
so YOU, may fancy what Stat Nor must have
Bur the Amadan was little concerned at this
He went 10 meet Stat Nor. and the two Of them
fell, TO the fight, and a great, great fight they
They made the hard ground imo soft. and
the soft into spring wells they made the rocks
into pebbles, and the pebbles into gravel. and
All The birds Of the air from the lower end Of
world from tie -four ends of the earth, came
70 see the fight, and in the end the Amadan ran
the Stat Nor through with his sword and laid
Then he turned to help the three princes, and
very soon he laid the other two giants down
dead for them also,
Then the three princes said they would all GO
home. The Amadan said for them 10 60. but
warned them not To light up the castle this
night, and he would 81 nv The giants corpses
The three princes begged. Of him not TO do
this. for the three giants would come TO life, and
then he; having no help, would he killed.
The Amacan was angry with them and or
dered them on Instantly. Then he sat down bv
The giants corpses 10 watch their coming 10
life again, But he was so tired from his great
days fighting that by and by he fell asleep.
About ~ O'Clock az night. when the Anladan
Vas sleeping soln1lyi NJ c2meS 2 Cailliach
lows. and the CailliaCh. carried with her a
feather and n bottle of locshlainte continent
Of health, with which she began to rub the
Two of the giants we're already alive when
the Amadan awoke and the third was just open
hinn Iieesspsi them a" siai Nor, ' siSt MARI T'S sl al
BeaG. tho Cailliach and the four Be1achs.
n the Amadan had a hard fight during the
n brave and a bold fellow he was. and not to be
daunte1 by numbers or showers Of blows. They
fought for long and long They made the hard
they made the rocks into pebbles and the peb-
bles into gravel, and the gravel fell over the
air from the lower end OF the world 10 the
upper end Of the world, and all Of the
wild beasts and tame from the four corners
one after the other Of them the Amadan ran his
sword through until he had every one of them
STRETCHED on the ground, diving or dead
called the, Amadan to her and put him under
geasa tobligation that he could not shirkl TO
lose the power Of his feet, Of his strength. OF his
meet. and fight the Black Bull Of the Brown
" Ufn lIf ON ma lltu outright the AInduan
rubbed some Of the ioCshlainte on his wounds
with the feather. and AT once he was as hale
and as fresh as when the fight began. Then
before him 10 fulfil his geasa.
He travelled for the length Of all that lee-lonC
day, and when night was falling he came TO q
little hut on the edge 81 r wood. and the hut
had no shelter inside or out. hut one feather
over II, and there was a rough, red woman
standing in the door.
You're welcomed. saws she. "Amadan OF
the Dough, the King Of Treland's son. What
have you been doing or where are you goine?"
Last night" says the Amadan. Il fought
n great fight and killed Stat Nor, Stat Mari.
Stat Beag. the Caintach Of the Rocks. and four
BddaChs. Now I'm under geasa to meet and
10 fight the Black Bull Of the Brown Wood.
Can you tell me where 10 find him?"
Il can that" says she. but it's now night.
Come in and eat and sleep"
So she spread for the Amadan a fine supper
and made o soft bed. and he ate heartily and
slept heartily that night,
In the morning she called him early and she
directed him on his way to meet tho Black Bull
Of the Brown Wood. But. my poor Amadan,"
she said, " no ono has ever yet met that Bull
and come back alive"
She told hin when he would reach the place
Of meeting the Bull would come tearing down
the hill like a hurricane, Here's a cloak"
says she. TO throw upon the rock that is stand
ing there. You hide yourself behind the rock,
and when the Bull comes tearing down he will
dash at the cloak and blind himself with the
dash against the rock. Then you jump on
the Bulls back and fight for life. II, after the
fight. you are living, come back and see me
ard 10 go a p InaA IN un md "a ,.n, ="