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quickly towards it, and curling himself up in a warm corner soon fell asleep.

Not a sound was heard through the whole forest for some hours, but at midnight there suddenly arose such a

DEFEAT OF THE MOUNTAIN-SPIRIT BY THE YOUTH AND SCHIPPEITARO
DEFEAT OF THE MOUNTAIN-SPIRIT BY THE YOUTH AND SCHIPPEITARO

clamour that the young man, tired as he was, started broad awake in an instant. Peeping cautiously between the wooden pillars of the chapel, he saw a troop of hideous cats, dancing furiously, making the night horrible