but the camel only went the faster . The three men panted behind till one said to the others , ` Wait a minute ! The string of my sandal is broken ! ' The camel caught the word ` string ' and knelt down at once , and the men came up and found a dead girl lying on a bier , with a ring on her finger . And as one of the young men took hold of her hand to pull off the ring , he knocked out the man-eater 's finger-nail , which had stuck there , and the maiden sat up and said , ` Let him live who gave me life , and slay him who slew me ! ' And when the camel heard the maiden speak , it turned and carried her back to her brothers . Now the brothers were still seated in the court bewailing their sister , and their eyes were dim with weeping so that they could hardly see . And when the camel stood before them they said , ` Perhaps it has brought back our sister ! ' and rose to give it a beating . But the camel knelt down and the girl dismounted , and they flung themselves on her neck and wept more than ever for gladness . ` Tell me , ' said the eldest , as soon as he could speak , ` how it all came about , and what killed you . ' ' I was waiting in the upper chamber , ' said she , ` and a nail of the man-eater 's stuck under my nail , and I fell dead upon the ground . That is all I know . ' ` But who pulled out the nail ? ' asked he . ' A man took hold of my hand and tried to pull off my ring , and the nail jumped out and I was alive again . And when the camel heard me say `` Let him live who gave me life , slay him who slew me ! '' it turned and brought me back to the castle . That is my story . ' She was silent and the eldest brother spoke .
` Will you listen XXXXX what I have to say , my brothers ? '
as at before for in of on to upon with