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This time, even the women helped, not only to cook the food, but to drag the logs and stones. They were even ready to cut off their beautiful long hair to make ropes, if necessary. But in the morning, all had again disappeared, as if swept by a tempest. The ground was bare. THIS TIME EVEN THE WOMEN HELPED NOT ONLY TO COOK THE FOOD BUT TO DRAG THE LOGS AND STONES THEY WERE EVEN READY TO CUT OFF THEIR BEAUTIFUL LONG HAIR TO MAKE ROBES IF NECESSARY BUT IN THE MORNING ALL HAD AGAIN DISAPPEARED AS IF SWEPT BY A TEMPEST THE GROUND WAS BARE
 cut the mistletoe from the tree-branch, hailing it as a sign of favor from God. Then with harp, music and song they dedicated the spot as a stronghold of the Cymric nation. Then the King set the diggers to work. He promised a rich reward to those men of the pick and shovel who should dig the fastest and throw up the most dirt, so that the masons could, at the earliest moment, begin their part of the work. But it all turned out differently from what the king expected. Some dragon, or powerful being underground, must have been offended by this invasion of his domain; for, the next morning, they saw that everything in the form of stone, timber, iron or tools, had disappeared during the night. It looked as if an earthquake had swallowed them all up. Both king and seers, priests and bards, were greatly puzzled at this. However, not being able to account for it, and the Saxons likely to march on them at any time, the sovereign set the diggers at work and again collected more wood and stone.  CHARIOT WITH A SILVER KNIFE THEY CUT THE MISTLETOE FROM THE TREE BRANCH HEALING IT AS A SIGN OF FAVOR FROM GOD THEN WITH HARP MUSIC AND SONG THEY DEDICATED THE SPOT AS A STRONGHOLD OF THE COMIC NATION THEN THE KING SET THE DIGGERS TO WORK HE PROMISED A RICH REWARD TO THOSE MEN OF THE PICK AND SHOVEL WHO SHOULD DIG THE FASTEST AND THROW UP THE MOST DIRT SO THAT THE NATIONS COULD AT THE EARLIEST MOMENT BEGIN THEIR PART OF THE WORK IT ALL TURNED OUT DIFFERENTLY FROM WHAT THE KING EXPECTED SOME DRAGON OR POWERFUL BEING UNDERGROUND MUST HAVE BEEN OFFENDED BY THIS INVASION OF HIS DOMAIN FOR THE NEXT MORNING THEY SAW THAT EVERYTHING IN THE FORM OF STONE TIMBER IRON OR TOOLS HAD DISAPPEARED DURING THE NIGHT IT LOOKED AS IF AN EARTHQUAKE HAD SWALLOWED THEM ALL UP BOTH KINGS AND SEERS PRIESTS AND BARDS WERE GREATLY PUZZLED AT THIS HOWEVER NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR IT AND THE SAXONS LIKELY TO MARCH ON THEM AT ANY TIME THE SOVERE SET THE DIGGERS AT WORK AND AGAIN COLLECTED MORE WOOD AND STONE
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