‘He’s among us, mother.’
They produced him, and she saw him; and the minute she saw him, she swallowed him. The eaglets began to weep and to lament: ‘He saved us from death, and you have devoured him.’
‘Wait a bit; I’ll bring him up again.’
She brought him up, and asked him, ‘What do you want for saving my young ones from death?’ [[79]]
‘I only want you to carry me to the other world.’
‘Had I known that, I’d have let him devour my young ones, for to carry you up is mighty difficult. Do you know how I shall manage it? Bake twelve ovenfuls of bread, and take twelve heifers and twelve jars of wine.’
In three days he had them ready.
She said, ‘Put them on me; and when I turn my head to the left, throw a heifer into my mouth and an ovenful of bread; and when I turn to the right, pour a jar of wine into my mouth.’
She brought him out; he went to his brothers. ‘Good day to you, brothers. You fancied I should perish. If you acted fairly by me, toss your arrows up in the air, and they will fall before you; but if unfairly, then they will fall on your heads.’
All four tossed up their arrows, and they stood in a row. His fell right before him, and theirs fell on their heads, and they died.