[1] Cf. note 3 on p. 109.
[2] Cf. The Talmud (Polano’s Selections, p. 287). ‘If the fox is king bow before him.’
III
GURIAN FOLK TALES
GURIAN FOLK TALES
I
The Strong Man and the Dwarf
There came from far-off lands a strong man who had nowhere met his match, and challenged any one in the whole kingdom to wrestle with him. The king gathered his folk together, but, to his wonder, could not for a long time find anybody ready to face the strong man, till, at last, there stood forth a weak insignificant-looking dwarf, who offered to wrestle with the giant.
Haughtily looking down on his adversary, the giant carelessly turned away, thinking that he was befooled. But the dwarf asked that his strength should be put to the proof before the struggle began.