"Oh, oh!" cried the she dragon's daughter, "the berries are ripening
now; only her father knows how to catch such a hare as that.
Nevertheless, I'll go to a rocky place I know of, and there perchance we
shall be able to catch it."
So they went to this rocky place together, and she said to him:
"Stand over that hole. I'll go in and chase him out of the hole, and
thou catch him as he comes out; but mind, whatever comes out of the
hole, seize it, for it will be the golden hare."
So she went and began beating up, and all at once out came a snake and
hissed, and he let it go. Then she came out of the hole and said to him:
"What! has nothing come out?"
"Well," said he, "only a snake, and I was afraid it would bite me, so I
let it go."
"What hast thou done?" said she; "that was the very hare itself. Look
now!" said she, "I'll go in again, and if anyone comes out and tells you
that the golden hare is not here, don't believe it, but hold him fast."
So she crept into the hole again and began to beat for game, and out
came an old woman, who said to the youth:
"What art thou poking about there for?"