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This sort of mischief the Afang liked to play, especially about the time when the oat and barley crops were ripe and ready to be gathered to make cakes and flummery; that is sour oat jelly, or pap. So it often happened that the children had to do without their cookies and porridge during the winter. THIS SORT OF MISCHIEF THE AE FANG LIKED TO PLAY ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE TIME WHEN THE OAT AND BARLEY CROPS WERE RIPE AND READY TO BE GATHERED TO MAKE CAKES AND FLUMMERY THAT IS SOUR OAT JELLY OR PAP SO IT OFTEN HAPPENED THAT THE CHILDREN HAD TO DO WITHOUT THEIR COOKIES AND PORRIDGE DURING THE WINTER
nd 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. Then the waters overflowed all their farms, ruined their gardens and spoiled their cow houses and stables. ND 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 THEN THE WATERS OVERFLOWED ALL THEIR FARMS RUINED THEIR GARDENS AND SPOILED THEIR COW HOUSES AND STABLES
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