` Does the man-eater come here every night ? ' asked the brothers . ` Every night , ' said Udea , ` and he breaks one door in and then goes away . ' Then all the brothers cried together , ` We will dig a great hole , and fill it with burning wood , and spread a covering over the top ; and when the man-eater arrives we will push him into it . ' So they all set to work , and prepared the great hole , and set fire to the wood , till it was reduced to a mass of glowing charcoal . And when the man-eater came , and called as usual , ` Udea , what did you see your grandfather doing ? ' she answered , ' I saw him pull off the ass 's skin and devour the ass , and he fell in the fire , and the fire burned him up . ' Then the man-eater was filled with rage , and he flung himself upon the iron door and burst it in . On the other side stood Udea 's seven brothers , who said , ` Come , rest yourself a little on this mat . ' And the man-eater sat down , and he fell right into the burning pit which was under the mat , and they heaped on more wood , till nothing was left of him , not even a bone . Only one of his finger-nails was blown away , and fell into an upper chamber where Udea was standing , and stuck under one of the nails of her own fingers . And she sank lifeless to the earth . -LSB- Illustration : UDEA FOUND LIFELESS BY HER SEVEN BROTHERS -RSB- Meanwhile her brothers sat below waiting for her and wondering why she did not come . ` What can have happened to her ! ' exclaimed the eldest brother . ` Perhaps she has fallen into the fire , too . ' So one of the others ran upstairs and found his sister stretched on the floor . ` Udea ! Udea ! ' he cried , but she did not move or reply .
Then he saw that she was dead , and rushed down to his brothers XXXXX the courtyard and called out , ` Come quickly , our sister is dead ! '
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