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042 The Flint

A soldier was walking down a country road. He was coming back from a battle. He was wearing a knapsack on his back and a big sword on his waist. When he was walking down the road so tired, he found a witch. The witch was sitting right next to a big tree. The witch started to talk as soon as she saw the soldier. "Hey, soldier! Can you do me a favor? If you can, I will make you have a lot of money." "Are you serious?"

"Look at this tree. The inside of this tree is empty." The witch pointed at a thick and old tree. "Get into that hole. I will tie your waist up with a rope. There are three rooms if you go down, and each room has a dog. The dogs will be quiet as soon as they see this apron. A box in the first room is full of bronze coins. In the second room, a box is full of silver coins, and a box in the third room is full of gold coins. Take as much as you want".

"Then, what do you want me to do?" The soldier doubted her and asked. "Bring me a flint in a small box." "Why do you need such a small and unimportant flint?" "It is the flint from my grandmother, so I want to get it."

The soldier tied a rope to his waist and put the apron on his knapsack. Then, he entered the tree hole and went down. Soon, he found a wide place with lights everywhere. The soldier came into the first room carefully. A black dog was sitting on a big box. It was rolling its eyes as big as oranges. "Good dog, sit on this apron." The soldier held the dog and put it on the apron. The black dog became very nice as the witch said. He put the coins in the box into his knapsack.

The soldier went to the next room carefully. There was a white dog that was bigger than the black one, and it was sitting down on a big box. It was rolling its eyes that were bigger than apples. The soldier made the white dog sit on the apron and opened up the box. Lots of glittering silver coins were in the box. He took out the bronze coins from his knapsack and filled it with silver coins.

In the third room, a big yellow dog was sitting on a box. It was rolling its eyes which were as big as watermelons. The soldier held the dog and put it on the apron. The box was full of dazzlingly shining gold coins and gold nuggets. The soldier took the silver coins out from his knapsack and filled his knapsack, hat and all his pockets with the gold coins and nuggets.

The soldier put the tinder-box in his knapsack, came out of the room and pulled on the rope which was on his waist. The witch pulled the rope. The soldier stood by the witch under the tree. "Now, give me the flint." The witch asked the soldier, but he pretended as if he did not have her tinder-box. "I searched everywhere, but your grandmother's tinder box was not there." "What? You are a liar! There must be a box inside of this tree." The witch was very angry and furious.

"Then, go and get the flint box by yourself." The soldier answered with a frightening voice. The witch ran away, because she was so scared by his sword on his waist.

The soldier went to a big town and lived proudly like a rich man. He became poor again because he spent all his money on an expensive house, great clothes, delicious food, and for making friends and enjoying his new life. Because he had no money, he was driven out from the nice house and moved to an attic under the roof of a house.  He couldn't even afford to buy a match at night. Suddenly, the flint came up in his mind. He tried to make sparks with the flint.

"How can I help you, sir?" In this instance, the black dog came up. "Oh, yes. I need some money." The black dog disappeared and showed up again in a short time. The black dog held and carried a bag full of money. The soldier realized that if h