‘Come,’ said the dead man, ‘let’s divide the money.’
They fell to dividing it.
‘We have divided the money; let us also divide your wife.’
The lad said, ‘How divide her? If you want her, take her.’
‘I won’t take her; we’ll divide.’
‘How divide?’ said the lad.
The dead man said, ‘I, I will divide.’
The dead man seized her; he bound her knees. ‘Do you catch hold of one foot, I’ll take the other.’
He raised his sword to strike the girl. In her fright the girl opened her mouth, and cried, and out of her mouth fell a dragon. The dead man said to the lad, ‘I am not for a wife, I am not for any money. These dragon’s heads are what devoured the men. Take her; the girl shall be yours, the money shall be yours. You did me a kindness; I also have done you one.’
‘What kindness did I do you?’ asked the lad.