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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep tight Stories. Today's story

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Speaker 1: is one I used to listen to with my children

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Speaker 1: when they were young. We would listen as we were

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Speaker 1: driving in the car or doing things in the house.

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Speaker 1: My son loved all things that had to do with dragons,

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Speaker 1: and this was a favorite story of his. In this story,

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Speaker 1: three soldiers are tired of working for the king for

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Speaker 1: very little money, and so they decide to desert or

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Speaker 1: leave the army. They hide in a cornfield, thinking the

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Speaker 1: army will be leaving the next day and then they

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Speaker 1: can run away and live their lives. But the army

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Speaker 1: does not leave, and after two days they are very hungry.

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Speaker 1: A dragon comes to save them, but says they must

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Speaker 1: work for him for seven years in return. They agree

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Speaker 1: to that, and the dragon helps them escape. The dragon

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Speaker 1: and his grandmother. There was once a great war, and

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Speaker 1: the king had a great many soldiers, but he gave

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Speaker 1: them so little pay that they could not live upon it.

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Speaker 1: Then three of them had a meeting together and decided

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Speaker 1: to desert. One of them said to the other, if

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Speaker 1: we are caught, we shall be thrown in the cells.

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Speaker 1: How shall we set about it? The other said, do

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Speaker 1: you see that large cornfield there. If we were to

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Speaker 1: hide ourselves in that no one could find us, the

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Speaker 1: army cannot come into it, and tomorrow they are set

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Speaker 1: to march on. They crept into the corn but the

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Speaker 1: army did not march on, but remained camped close around them.

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Speaker 1: They sat for two days and two nights in the

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Speaker 1: corn and grew so hungry that they nearly passed out.

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Speaker 1: But if they were to venture out of the cornfield,

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Speaker 1: they would certainly be caught. They said, at last, what

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Speaker 1: use was it for us to leave the army? We

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Speaker 1: are suffering here miserably. While they were speaking, a fiery

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Speaker 1: dragon came flying through the air. It hovered near them

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Speaker 1: and asked why they were hidden there. They answered, we

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Speaker 1: are three soldiers and have left the army because our

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Speaker 1: pay was so little. Now, if we remain here, we

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Speaker 1: shall pass out from hunger, and if we move out,

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Speaker 1: we shall be thrown into the cells. If you will

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Speaker 1: work for me for seven years, said the dragon, I

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Speaker 1: will lead you through the middle of the army so

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Speaker 1: that no one shall catch you. We have no choice

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Speaker 1: and must take your offer, they said. Then the dragon

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Speaker 1: picked them up in his claws took them through the

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Speaker 1: air over the army and set them down on the

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Speaker 1: earth a long way from it. The dragon gave them

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Speaker 1: a little whip, saying, rip and slash with this, and

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Speaker 1: as much money as you want. They'll jump up before you.

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Speaker 1: You can then live as great lords, keep horses and

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Speaker 1: drive about in carriages. But after seven years you are mine.

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Speaker 1: Then he put a book before them, which he made

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Speaker 1: all three of them sign. At the end of the

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Speaker 1: seven years, I will give you a riddle, he said.

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Speaker 1: If you can guess it, you shall be free and

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Speaker 1: out of my power. The dragon then flew away, and

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Speaker 1: the men journeyed on with their little whip. They had

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Speaker 1: as much money as they wanted, wore grand clothes, and

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Speaker 1: made their way into the world. Wherever they went they

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Speaker 1: lived in merrymaking and splendor, drove about with horses and carriages,

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Speaker 1: ate and laughed, but did nothing wrong. The time passed quickly,

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Speaker 1: and when the seven years were nearly over, two of

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Speaker 1: them grew terribly anxious and frightened. But the third made

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Speaker 1: light of it, saying, don't be afraid, brothers, I wasn't

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Speaker 1: born yesterday. I will guess the riddle. They went into

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Speaker 1: a field, sat down, and the two pulled long faces.

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Speaker 1: An old woman passed by and asked them why they

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Speaker 1: were so sad Alas we feel that since you do

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Speaker 1: not know, you cannot help us. Who knows, she answered,

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Speaker 1: tell me all about your troubles. Then they told her

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Speaker 1: that they had become the servants of the dragon for

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Speaker 1: seven long years, and how he had given them money

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Speaker 1: as plentiful as blackberries. But as they had signed their names,

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Speaker 1: they were his, unless when the seven years had passed,

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Speaker 1: they could guess a riddle. The old woman said, if

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Speaker 1: you would help yourselves, one of you must go into

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Speaker 1: the woods, and there he will come upon a tumble

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Speaker 1: down building of rocks which looks like a little house.

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Speaker 1: He must go in, and there he will find help.

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Speaker 1: The two sad ones thought that won't save us, and

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Speaker 1: one jumped up and went into the woods till he

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Speaker 1: found the rock hut. In the hut sat a very

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Speaker 1: old woman who was the dragon's grandmother. She asked him

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Speaker 1: told her all that had happened, and because she was

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Speaker 1: pleased with him, she took pity on him and said

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Speaker 1: she would help him. She lifted up a large stone

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Speaker 1: which lay over the cellar, saying, hide yourself there. You

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Speaker 1: can hear all that is said in this room. Only

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Speaker 1: sit still and don't stir. When the dragon comes, I

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Speaker 1: will ask him what the riddle is, or he tells

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Speaker 1: me everything, then listen carefully to what he answers. At midnight,

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Speaker 1: the dragon flew in and asked for his supper. His

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Speaker 1: grandmother set the table and brought out food and drink

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Speaker 1: till he was satisfied, and they ate and drank together. Then,

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Speaker 1: in the course of the conversation, she asked him what

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Speaker 1: he had done in the day and how many souls

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Speaker 1: he had conquered. Oh, I haven't had much luck today,

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Speaker 1: he said. But I have a tight hold on three soldiers. Indeed,

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Speaker 1: three soldiers, she said, who cannot escape you. They are mine,

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Speaker 1: answered the dragon scornfully, for I shall give them only

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Speaker 1: one riddle, which they shall never be able to guess.

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Speaker 1: What sort of riddle is it, she asked, I will

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Speaker 1: tell you this. In the north sea lies a sea

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Speaker 1: cat that shall be their roast meat, and the rib

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Speaker 1: of a whale that shall be their silver spoon, And

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Speaker 1: the hollow foot of a horse that shall be their

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Speaker 1: wine glass. When the dragon had gone to bed, his

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Speaker 1: old grandmother pulled up the stone and let out the soldier,

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Speaker 1: did you pay attention to everything? Yes, he replied, I

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Speaker 1: know enough and can help myself splendidly. Then he went

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Speaker 1: by another way through the window, secretly, and in all haste,

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Speaker 1: back to his friends. He told them how the dragon

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Speaker 1: had been outwitted by his grandmother, and how he had

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Speaker 1: heard from his own lips the answers to the riddle.

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Speaker 1: Then they were all delighted and in high spirits, took

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Speaker 1: out their wis and cracked so much money that it

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Speaker 1: came jumping up from the ground. When the seven years

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Speaker 1: had quite gone, the dragon came with his book, and,

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Speaker 1: pointing at the signature, said, I will take you underground

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Speaker 1: with me. You shall have a meal there. If you

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Speaker 1: can tell me what you will get for your roast meat,

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Speaker 1: you shall be free, and shall also keep the whip.

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Speaker 1: Then the first soldier said, in the north sea lies

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Speaker 1: a sea cat, that shall be the roast meat. The

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Speaker 1: dragon was very annoyed, and hummed and hawed a great deal,

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Speaker 1: and asked the second, but what shall be your spoon?

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Speaker 1: The rib of a whale shall be our silver spoon.

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Speaker 1: The dragon made a face and growled again three times,

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Speaker 1: and said to the third, do you know what your

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Speaker 1: wine glass shall be? An old horse's hoof shall be

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Speaker 1: our wine glass. Then the dragon flew away with a

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Speaker 1: loud shriek and had no more power over them. But

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Speaker 1: the three soldiers took the little whip, whipped as much

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Speaker 1: money as they wanted, and lived happily for the rest

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Speaker 1: of their lives. Good Night, sleep tight.

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