. Scottish fairy and folk tales. st as they arrived at the head of Glen Nevis, thesun set. So they rested for the night under theshadow of Bennein Beg, since not for all the worldwould they have ventured to pass through that glenafter nightfall for fear of the three green men whoinhabited it, and who were reported savage and fierceto all travellers. PAET 11. It was very early the next morning that the threebrothers arose, for Dougald had put the Thunder-fowlunder his plaid when they went to sleep, quite for-getting what would happen if he took it off suddenly THE THREE GREEN MEN OF GLEN NEVIS.
. Scottish fairy and folk tales. st as they arrived at the head of Glen Nevis, thesun set. So they rested for the night under theshadow of Bennein Beg, since not for all the worldwould they have ventured to pass through that glenafter nightfall for fear of the three green men whoinhabited it, and who were reported savage and fierceto all travellers. PAET 11. It was very early the next morning that the threebrothers arose, for Dougald had put the Thunder-fowlunder his plaid when they went to sleep, quite for-getting what would happen if he took it off suddenly THE THREE GREEN MEN OF GLEN NEVIS. 49 in the morning sunshine. This very thing reallyoccurred quite unexpectedly at sunrise, for the windblowing up the valley flung a corner of the plaid aside,and a beam of light glancing on the red comb of thebird made that creature crow as only it of featheredcreatures could crow. The mountains rattled with the report, and thethree brothers awoke with a jump. The folk dwell-ing in the neighbourhood put their heads out of their. THE FOLK PUT THEIR HEADS OUT OF THEIR WINDOWS. bothy windows, and said to one another, Ha, thun-der in a clear sky; strange! and a good many things,both man and beast, awoke that morning earlier thantheir usual. But our heroes knew better by this time what itwas; and so they arose, and slung their wallets overtheir backs, and, with the Thunder-pig trotting be-side Duncan, they proceeded on their way. 50 SCOTTISH FAIRY TALES. But not far had they travelled before the bothy ofthe first green man met their view rising beside thepathway. A queer building it looked—circular, flat-topped, and without windows; for Trolls and suchlike can bear but little light. Xothing, in fact, brokethe plain appearance of the building but a small, lowdoor, formed of three slabs of stone, one at each side,and one for the lintel, and that not even high enoughfor the evil creature to creep through without stoop-ing. Now, said Duncan to Donald, you go and tryyour luck with the
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