First he helped his sister on the sheep's back.
Then he got on and held to the horns.
"Hold tight to me, Helle," he said.
* * * * *
sky dizzy sea
sister land dragon
lose nailed Colchis
The sheep went up, up into the sky, and ran a long way on the clouds.
But Helle got dizzy and fell down into the sea.
The boy felt very bad to lose his sister, but went right on.
Then he came to the land Colchis. He killed the sheep and gave the
golden fleece to the king.
[Illustration: THE BOY GIVES THE GOLDEN FLEECE TO THE KING.]
The king was glad to have it and nailed it to an oak tree.
[Illustration: THE SHEEP WENT UP INTO THE SKY AND RAN A LONG WAY ON
THE CLOUDS]
By the tree was a dragon. The dragon never went to sleep. He would not
let any one but the king come to the tree.
So no one could get the golden fleece.