Yee answered, "Hungry, are you? Very well, now just move back and I'll
have food prepared for you in abundance." He then repeated a magic
formula that he had learned, and snapped his fingers. The three devils
seemed to be afraid of this. Then Man-ji suddenly closed his fist
and struck a blow at the first devil. It dodged, however, most deftly
and he missed, but hit the floor a sounding blow that cut his hand.
Then they all shouted, "We'll go, we'll go, since you treat guests
thus." At once they bundled out of the room and disappeared.
On the following day he had oxen killed and a sacrifice offered to
these devils, and they returned no more.
Note.--Men have been killed by goblins. This is not so much due to the
fact that goblins are wicked as to the fact that men are afraid of
them. Many died in North Ham-kyong, but those again who were brave,
and clove them with a knife, or struck them down, lived. If they had
been afraid, they too would have died.
Im Bang.