Then he went and ordered a sword to be made for him , on which he had written these words : ` With one blow I have slain forty . ' When the sword was ready he took it and went out into the world , and when he was two days ' journey from home he came to a spring , by which he laid himself down and slept . Now in that country there dwelt Draken , one of whom came to the spring to draw water ; there he found Lazarus sleeping , and read what was written on his sword . Then he went back to his people and told them what he had seen , and they all advised him to make fellowship with this powerful stranger . So the Draken returned to the spring , awoke Lazarus , and said that if it was agreeable to him they should make fellowship together . -LSB- Illustration : How THE DRAKEN FOUND HERR LAZARUS ASLEEP by the SPRING -RSB- Lazarus answered that he was willing , and after a priest had blessed the fellowship , they returned together to the other Draken , and Lazarus dwelt among them . After some days they told him that it was their custom to take it in turns to bring wood and water , and as he was now of their company , he must take his turn . They went first for water and wood , but at last it came to be Lazarus 's turn to go for water . The Draken had a great leathern bag , holding two hundred measures of water . This Lazarus could only , with great difficulty , drag empty to the spring , and because he could not carry it back full , he did not fill it at all , but , instead , he dug up the ground all round the spring . As Lazarus remained so long away , the Draken sent one of their number to see what had become of him , and when this one came to the spring , Lazarus said to him : ` We will no more plague ourselves by carrying water every day . I will bring the entire spring home at once , and so we shall be freed from this burden . ' But the Draken called out : ` On no account , Herr Lazarus , else we shall all die of thirst ; rather will we carry the water ourselves in turns , and you alone shall be exempt . ' Next it comes to be Lazarus 's turn to bring the wood . Now the Draken , when they fetched the wood , always took an entire tree on their shoulder , and so carried it home . Because Lazarus could not imitate them in this , he went to the forest , tied all the trees together with a thick rope , and remained in the forest till evening . Again the Draken sent one of them after him to see what had become of him , and when this one asked what he was about , Lazarus answered : ' I will bring the entire forest home at once , so that after that we may have rest . ' But the Draken called out : ` By no means , Herr Lazarus , else we shall all die of cold ; rather will we go ourselves to bring wood , and let you be free . ' And then the Draken tore up one tree , threw it over his shoulder , and so carried it home . When they had lived together some time , the Draken became weary of Lazarus , and agreed among themselves to kill him ; each Draken , in the night while Lazarus slept , should strike him a blow with a hatchet .
But Lazarus heard of this scheme , and when the evening came , he took a log of wood , covered it XXXXX his cloak , laid it in the place where he usually slept , and then hid himself .
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