At the time when the Tang dynasty reigned over the Middle Kingdom, there were master swordsmen of various kinds. Those who came first were the saints of the sword. They were able to take different shapes at will, and their swords were like strokes of lightning. Yet these master swordsmen were men of lofty mind, and did not lightly mingle in the quarrels of the world. The second kind of master swordsmen were the sword heroes. It was their custom to slay the unjust, and to come to the aid of the oppressed. They wore a hidden dagger at their side and carried a leather bag at their belt. By magic means they were able to turn human heads into flowing water. They could fly over roofs and walk up and down walls, and they came and went and left no trace. The swordsmen of the lowest sort were the mere bought slayers. They hired themselves out to those who wished to do away with their enemies. And death was an everyday matter to them.Old Dragon beard must have been a master swordsman standing

"Mannikin."This evening also, Minnikin begged for leave to go down to the sea-shore.'Oh, what can you do there?' answered the kitchen-maid.However, he begged until at last he got leave to go, but he was forced to promise that he would be back again in the kitchen when the roast had to be turned.Almost immediately after he had got down to the sea-shore the Troll came with a great whizzing and whirring, and he was much, much bigger than either of the two former ones, and he had fifteen heads.'Fire!' roared the Troll.'Fire yourself!' said Minnikin.'Can you fight?' screamed the Troll.'If not, I can learn,' said Minnikin.'l will teach you,' yelled the Troll, and struck at him with his iron club so that the earth flew up fifteen yards high into the air.'Fie!' said Minnikin. 'That was not much of a blow. Now I will let you see one of my blows.'So saying he grasped his sword, and cut at the Troll in such a way that all his fifteen heads danced away over the sands.Then the Princess

And one evening he came to the gate of a strong-walled city that stood by a river, and, weary and footsore though he was, he made to enter in. But the soldiers who stood on guard dropped their halberts across the entrance, and said roughly to him, 'What is thy business in the city?'I am seeking for my mother,' he answered, 'and I pray ye to suffer me to pass, for it may be that she is in this city:But they mocked at him, and one of them wagged a black beard, and set down his shield and cried,'Of a truth, thy mother will not be merry when she sees thee, for thou art more ill-favoured than the toad of the marsh, or the adder that crawls in the fen. Get thee gone. Get thee gone. Thy mother dwells not in this city.'And another, who held a yellow banner in his hand, said to him, 'Who is thy mother, and wherefore art thou seeking for her?'And he answered, 'My mother is a beggar even as I am, and I have treated her evilly, and I pray ye to suffer me to pass that she may give me her forg

Kinuha niya yong tray na hawak ko at tinalikuran ako. Napanganga ako habang nakatingin sakanyang naglakad papalayo sakin at di man lang ako nilingon kahit isang saglit.What the hell? Ang sabi ko tulungan niya ako ah?! Ba't yong tray lang, I mean, ano yong tray tutulungan niya? Gagu pano naman ako bakla! Ako na nga itong nag mamagandang loob na sabay kami kumain para hindi siya kumain mag isa dito tapos gaganitohin niya lang ako!?Tsk, ba't nga ba kase ako makikisabay sakanya kumain? Medyo nabaliw lang yata ako kanina eh, kaya ko 'yon nasabi sakanya!Para na yatang sasabog itong ulo ko sa inis. "Napaka gentleman naman mas inuna pa yong tray kesa sakin shuta!" Sabi ko at nakayuko para tignan itong aapakan ko. Baka pag di ako naka focus dito eh, mahulog ako dyan at magpa gulong-gulong tang*na na talaga pag nangyari 'yon. Dahan-dahan na akong bumaba sa hagdan at napatigil ng may makitang dalawang paa sa harapan ko.Unti-unti akong tumingala at nag tama naman ang paningin naming dalawa.

Mga gagu talaga eh, sinasadya ba nila to? Pinag t-tripan yata ako ng dalawang bakla to ah!"Wala na ayos na ako, kayo na uminom niyan kung gusto niyo." Sabi ko at ang mga gagu ginawa nga nila, uminom nga sila gamit ang pitchel lang."Tang*na hindi ba kayo marunong gumamit ng baso? May mga baso naman kami dyan oh, marami!" Hayst ang sakit nila sa batok ah, mga loko-loko pala ang mga to pag nagsama eh!"Sinunod lang naman namin sinabi mo duh!" Sabay pa nilang sabi at nag apir pa yong dalawa pagkatapos. Nakakainis ah, vibes na pala kayong dalawa ngayon! Pano ko na papaalisin itong si James kung magiging close sila abir? Di na nila ako tutulungan nito kapag na close na niya pati yong iba ko pang kaibigan saka yong isa pa nga eh, mukhang crush siya tsk!Nagpatuloy na lamang ako sa pagkain. Pagkatapos ay nakipag kwentohan kay Bellie. "Asan ba sila?" Takang tanong ko sakanya."Nandon gumala muna ng sila lang, inaya nga ako ng mga yon pero sabi ko busy ako at saka mukhang di pa nila alam na n