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Then the waters overflowed all their farms, ruined their gardens and spoiled their cow houses and stables. THEN THE WATERS OVERFLOWED ALL THEIR FARMS RUINED THEIR GARDENS AND SPOILED THEIR COW HOUSES AND STABLES
d careless boys were scarce, it would live on birds, beasts and fishes. Although it was very fond of cows and sheep, yet the wool and hair of these animals stuck in its big teeth, it often felt very miserable and its usually bad temper grew worse. Then, like a beaver, it would cut down a tree, sharpen it to a point and pick its teeth until its mouth was clean. Yet it seemed all the more hungry and eager for fresh human victims to eat, especially juicy maidens; just as children like cake more than bread. The Cymric men were not surprised at this, for they knew that girls were very sweet and they almost worshiped women. So they learned to guard their daughters and wives. They saw that to do such things as eating up people was in the nature of the beast, which could never be taught good manners. But what made them mad beyond measure was the trick which the monster often played upon them by breaking the river banks, and the dykes which with great toil they had built to protect their crops.  FAT GIRLS AND CARELESS BOYS WERE SCARCE IT WOULD LIVE ON BIRDS BEASTS AND FISHES ALTHOUGH IT WAS VERY FOND OF COWS AND SHEEP YET THE WOOL AND HAIR OF THESE ANIMALS STUCK IN ITS BIG TEETH IT OFTEN FELT VERY MISERABLE AND ITS USUALLY BAD TEMPER GREW WORSE THEN LIKE A BEAVER IT WOULD CUT DOWN A TREE AND SHOPPEN IT TO A POINT AND PICK ITS TEETH UNTIL ITS MOUTH WAS CLEAN YET IT SEEMED ALL THE MORE HUNGRY AND EAGER FOR FRESH HUMAN VICTIMS TO EAT ESPECIALLY JUICY MAIDENS JUST AS CHILDREN LIKE CAKE MORE THAN BREAD THE CUMBRICK MEN WERE NOT SURPRISED AT THIS FOR THEY KNEW THAT GIRLS WERE VERY SWEET AND THEY ALMOST WORSHIPPED WOMEN SO THEY LEARNED TO GUARD THEIR DAUGHTERS AND WIVES THEY SAW THAT TO DO SUCH THINGS AS EATING UP PEOPLE WAS IN THE NATURE OF THE BEAST WHICH COULD NEVER BE TAUGHT GOOD MANNERS BUT WHAT MADE THEM MAD BEYOND MEASURE WAS THE TRICK WHICH THE MONSTER OFTEN PLAYED UPON THEM BY BREAKING THE RIVER BANKS AND THE DIKES WHICH WITH GREAT TOIL THEY HAD BUILT TO PROTECT THEIR CROPS
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