the little dwarf from the Deer's Leap in a car drawn by six cockchafers,
which once had been the six stone eggs.

'Here I am!' he exclaimed. 'You have broken the spell that held me, and
now come and get your reward,' and, dismounting from his chariot, he led
them down into the caves filled with gold and jewels, and bade Bellah
and Houarn take as much as they wanted.

When their pockets were full, Bellah ordered her stick to become a
winged carriage, large enough to bear them and the men they had rescued
back to Lanillis.

There they were married the next day, but instead of setting up
housekeeping with the little cow and pig to fatten that they had so long
wished for, they were able to buy lands for miles round for themselves,
and gave each man who had been delivered from the Groac'h a small farm,
where he lived happily to the end of his days.

From 'Le Foyer Breton,' par E. Souvestre.

The Escape of the Mouse

Manawyddan the prince and his friend Pryderi were wanderers, for the
brother of Manawyddan had been slain, and his throne taken from him.
Very sorrowful was Manawyddan, but Pryderi was stout of heart, and bade
him be of good cheer, as he knew a way out of his trouble.

'And what may that be?' asked Manawyddan.

'It is that thou marry my mother Rhiannon and become lord of the fair
lands that I will give her for dowry. Never did any lady have more wit
than she, and in her youth none was more lovely; even yet she is good to
look upon.'

'Thou art the best friend that ever a man had,' said Manawyddan. 'Let us
go now to seek Rhiannon, and the lands where she dwells.'

Then they set forth, but the news of their coming ran swifter still, and
Rhiannon and Kieva, wife of Pryderi, made haste to prepare a feast for
them. And Manawyddan found that Pryderi had spoken the truth concerning
his mother, and asked if she would take him for her husband. Right
gladly did she consent, and without delay they were married, and rode
away to the hunt, Rhiannon and Manawyddan, Kieva and Pryderi, and they
would not be parted from each other by night or by day, so great was the
love between them.

One day, when they were returned, they were sitting out in a green
place, and suddenly the crash of thunder struck loudly on their ears,
and a wall of mist fell between them, so that they were hidden one from
the other. Trembling they sat till the darkness fled and the light shone
again upon them, but in the place where they