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Yet, the girls appear to like it, and some even complain if it is not rough enough to seem almost real. YET THE GIRLS APPEAR TO LIKE IT AND SOME EVEN COMPLAIN IF IT IS NOT ROUGH ENOUGH TO SEEM ALMOST REAL
on the water, thought that a flock of white birds were swooping down from their eyrie, into the sea to get their food from the fishes. But when none rose up above the waters, they understood, and later heard the whole story of the valor of the men and the devotion of the women. The solemn silence of night soon brooded over the scene. The men of the valley stayed only long enough to bury their own dead. Then they marched home and their houses were filled with mourning. Yet they admired the noble sacrifice of their daughters and were proud of them. Afterwards they raised stone monuments on the field of slaughter. To-day, this water is called the Lake of the Maidens, and the great stones seen near the beach are the memorials marking the place of the slain in battle. During many centuries, the ancient custom of capturing the bride, with resistance from her male relatives, was vigorously kept up. In the course of time, however, this was turned into a mimic play, with much fun and merriment. ILORS AND FISHERMEN FAR OFF ON THE WATER THOUGHT THAT A FLOCK OF WHITE BIRDS WERE SWOOPING DOWN FROM THEIR ERIE INTO THE SEA TO GET THEIR FOOD FROM THE FISHES BUT WHEN NONE ROSE UP ABOVE THE WATERS THEY UNDERSTOOD AND LATER HEARD THE WHOLE STORY OF THE VALOR OF THE MEN AND THE DEVOTION OF THE WOMEN THE SOLEMN SILENCE OF NIGHT SOON BROODED OVER THE SCENE MEN OF THE VALLEY STAYED ONLY LONG ENOUGH TO BURY THEIR OWN DEAD THEN THEY MARCHED HOME AND THEIR HOUSES WERE FILLED WITH MOURNING YET THEY ADMIRED THE NOBLE SACRIFICE OF THEIR DAUGHTERS AND WERE PROUD OF THEM AFTERWARDS THEY RAISED STONE MONUMENTS ON THE FIELD OF SLAUGHTER TO DAY THIS WATER IS CALLED THE LAKE OF THE MAIDENS IN THE GREAT STONES SEEN NEAR THE BEACH ARE THE MEMORIALS MARKING THE PLACE OF THE SLAIN IN BATTLE DURING MANY CENTURIES THE ANCIENT CUSTOM OF CAPTURING THE BRIDE WITH RESISTANCE FROM HER MALE RELATIVES WAS VIGOROUSLY KEPT UP IN THE COURSE OF TIME HOWEVER THIS WAS TURNED INTO A MIMIC PLAY WITH MUCH FUN AND MERRIMENT
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