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 for myself . ' Then he let her tie his fingers together with a thread , and immediately he became powerless . Then the sister called up the Drakos , who , when he had come forth , tore out Janni 's eyes , gave them to his dogs to eat , and threw him into a dry well . Now it happened that some travellers , going to draw water from this well , heard Janni groaning at the bottom . They came near , and asked him where he was , and he begged them to draw him up from the well , for he was a poor unfortunate man . The travellers let a rope down and drew him up to daylight . It was not till then that he first became aware that he was blind , and he begged the travellers to lead him to the country of the king whose daughter he had freed , and they would be well repaid for their trouble . When they had brought him there he sent to beg the princess to come to him ; but she did not recognise him till he had shown her the ring she had given him . Then she remembered him , and took him with her into the castle . When she learnt what had befallen him she called together all the sorceresses in the country in order that they should tell her where the eyes were . At last she found one who declared that she knew where they were , and that she could restore them . This sorceress then went straight to the castle where dwelt the sister and the Drakos , and gave something to the dogs to eat which caused the eyes to reappear . She took them with her and put them back in Janni 's head , so that he saw as well as before . Then he returned to the castle of the Drakos , whom he slew as well as his sister ; and , taking his dogs with him , went back to the princess and they were immediately married . THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE THIEF AND THE LIAR . There was once upon a time a thief , who , being out of a job , was wandering by himself up and down the seashore . As he walked he passed a man who was standing still , looking at the waves . '
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