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Japanese Fairy Book.

"Then you cannot surely refuse to show me the arm any longer," entreated the old woman; "for it is the great In this Way the Ogre escaped with his Arm
In this Way the Ogre escaped with his Arm.
wish of my heart to see for once in my life the arm of an ogre!"

Watanabe could not hold out in his refusal any longer, so he gave in at last, saying: