[Illustration: MEDEA GIVES JASON THE JUICE.]
When he did this, he was as strong as a giant.
Nothing could hurt him then. Fire could not burn him, and swords
could not cut him.
The next day Jason had to plow with the brass bulls and plant the
dragon's teeth.
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climbed early tied
princess seats hold
untied opened place
Early in the morning, the king and princess went out to the place.
They had good seats where they could see well.
All the people in the city came out to see Jason plow.
The little boys climbed the trees so they could see better.
Then Jason came to the place. The stall where the brass bulls were
tied was not far off.
The door was opened and Jason went in.
He untied the bulls and took hold of their horns.
Then he made the bulls come out of their stall.
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pushed kicked until
The bulls were very angry and blew fire and smoke from their mouths.
This made the cruel king glad. But the people who saw it were afraid.
They did not want Jason killed. They did not know that the princess
had helped him.
Jason pushed the bulls' heads down to the ground. Then they kicked at
him with their feet, but could not hurt him.
He held their heads down on the ground until the plow was ready.
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handle slowly noon
wheat lie just
Jason took the chains in one hand. He took the handle of the plow in
the other.
The bulls jumped and wanted to run away.
But Jason held so hard they had to go very slowly.
When it was noon the ground was all plowed.
Then Jason let the bulls go.
They were so angry that they ran away to the woods.