Once upon a time there was the son of a king who for the punishment
of some fault became a monster. He could become a man again only by
marrying. One day he met a young girl who refused him, because she
was so frightened at him. And the Tartaro wanted to give her a ring,
which she would not accept. However, he sent it her by a young man. As
soon as the ring was upon her finger it began to say, "Thou there,
and I here." [12] It kept always crying out this, and the Tartaro
pursued her continually; and, as the young girl had such a horror
of him, she cut off her finger and the ring, and threw them into a
large pond, and there the Tartaro drowned himself.
Estefanella Hirigarray,
of Ahetze.