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70 came to a wild deserted spot, where the thieves were off their guard; then she whipped out the bill-hook, and in a twinkling cut off the heads of the two thieves at the foot of the bed. Turning round quickly, she did the same to the other thief at the head, but the robber himself ran away in a terrible fright, and scrambled like a wild eat up a tree close by before she could reach him.

'Come down!' cried brave Bopoluchi, brandishing the bill-hook, 'and ﬁght it out!'

But the robber would not come down; so Bopolûchî gathered all the sticks she could ﬁnd, piled them round the tree, and set ﬁre to them. Of course the tree caught ﬁre also, and the robber, half stiﬂed with the smoke, tried to jump down, and was killed.

After that, Bopoluchi went to the robber's house and carried off all the gold and silver, jewels and clothes, that were hidden there, coming back to the village so rich that she could marry any one she pleased. And that was the end of Bopolûchî's adventures