you, don’t let the sheep have their own way and go where they will, but keep them where you will.”  The prince thanked the emperor, got himself ready, and called out the sheep, taking with him, more-over, two hounds that could catch a boar in the open country, and a falcon that could capture any bird, and carrying also a pair of bagpipes.  When he called out the sheep he let them go at once to the lake, and when the sheep arrived at the lake, they immediately spread round it, and the prince placed the falcon on a stump, and the hounds and bagpipes under the stump, then tucked up his hose and sleeves, waded into the lake, and began to shout:  “Dragon, dragon! come out to single combat with me to-day that we may measure ourselves together, unless you’re a woman."[6] The dragon called out in reply, “I will do so now, prince—­now!” Erelong behold the dragon! it is large, it is terrible, it is disgusting!  When the dragon came out, it seized him by the waist, and they wrestled a summer day till afternoon.  But when the heat of afternoon came on, the dragon said:  “Let me go, prince, that I may moisten my parched head in the lake, and toss you to the sky.”  But the prince replied:  “Come, dragon, don’t talk nonsense; if I had the emperor’s daughter to kiss me on the forehead, I would toss you still higher.”  Thereupon, the dragon suddenly let him go, and went off into the lake.  On the approach of evening, he washed and got himself up nicely, placed the falcon on his arm, the hounds behind him, and the bagpipes under his arm, then drove the sheep and went into the town playing on the bagpipes.  When he arrived at the town, the whole town assembled as to see a wondrous sight because he had come, whereas previously no shepherd had been able to come from the lake.  The next day the prince got ready again, and went with his sheep straight to the lake.  But the emperor sent two grooms after him to go stealthily and see what he did, and they placed themselves on a high hill whence they could have a good view.  When the shepherd arrived, he put the hounds and bagpipes under the stump and the falcon upon it, then tucked up his hose and sleeves waded into the lake and shouted:  “Dragon, dragon! come out to single combat with me, that we may measure ourselves once more together, unless you are a woman!” The dragon replied:  “I will do so, prince, now, now!” Erelong, behold the dragon! it was large, it was terrible, it was disgusting!  And it seized him by the waist and wrestled with him a summer’s day till afternoon.  But when the afternoon heat came on, the dragon said:  “Let me go, prince, that I may moisten my parched head in the lake, and may toss you to the sky.”  The prince replied:  “Come, dragon, don’t talk nonsense; if I had the emperor’s daughter to kiss me on the forehead, I would toss you still higher.”  Thereupon the dragon suddenly left hold of him, and went off into the lake.  When night approached the prince drove the sheep as before, and went home playing the bagpipes When he