Then would Janni certainly be destroyed , for there dwelt six brothers of the Drakos , each of whom had two heads . The sister did as she was advised , and next day Janni again set off , taking his three dogs with him . When he came to the garden he dismounted , sat down to rest a little , and fell fast asleep . First there came three Draken round about to eat him , and when these three had been worried by the dogs , there came three others who were worried in like manner . Then the dogs again dug a grave and buried the dead Draken , that their master might not see them . When Janni awoke and beheld the dogs all covered with blood , he thought , as before , that they had killed a wild beast , and was again angry with them for leaving him nothing . But he took the quinces and brought them back to his sister , who , when she had eaten them , declared herself better . The Drakos , when he heard that Janni had come back , fled for fear forty fathoms deeper underground . Next day , when Janni was hunting , the Drakos went to the sister and advised that she should again pretend to be ill , and should beg for some pears , which grew in a garden three days ' journey from the castle . From this quest Janni would certainly never return , for there dwelt nine brothers of the Drakos , each of whom had three heads . The sister did as she was told , and next day Janni , taking his three dogs with him , went to get the pears . When he came to the garden he laid himself down to rest , and soon fell asleep . Then first came three Draken to eat him , and when the dogs had worried these , six others came and fought the dogs a long time . The noise of this combat awoke Janni , and he slew the Draken , and knew at last why the dogs were covered with blood . -LSB- Illustration : JANNI AND HIS DOGS FIGHT THE THREE-HEADED DRAKEN -RSB- After that he freed all whom the Draken held prisoners , amongst others , a king 's daughter . Out of gratitude she would have taken him for her husband ; but he put her off , saying : ` For the kindness that I have been able to do to you , you shall receive in this castle all the blind and lame who pass this way . ' The princess promised him to do so , and on his departure gave him a ring . So Janni plucked the pears and took them to his sister , who , when she had eaten them , declared she felt better . When , however , the Drakos heard that Janni had come back yet a third time safe and sound , he fled for fright forty fathoms deeper underground ; and , next day , when Janni was away hunting , he crept out and said to the sister : ` Now are we indeed both lost , unless you find out from him wherein his strength lies , and then between us we will contrive to do away with him . ' When , therefore , Janni had come back from hunting , and sat at evening with his sister by the fire , she begged him to tell her wherein lay his strength , and he answered : ` It lies in my two fingers ; if these are bound together then all my strength disappears . '
` That I will not believe , ' said the sister , ` unless I see it XXXXX myself . '
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