she answered , ' I saw him pull off the ass 's skin and devour the ass , and he fell in the fire , and the fire burned him up . ' Then the man-eater was filled with rage , and he flung himself upon the iron door and burst it in . On the other side stood Udea 's seven brothers , who said , ` Come , rest yourself a little on this mat . ' And the man-eater sat down , and he fell right into the burning pit which was under the mat , and they heaped on more wood , till nothing was left of him , not even a bone . Only one of his finger-nails was blown away , and fell into an upper chamber where Udea was standing , and stuck under one of the nails of her own fingers . And she sank lifeless to the earth . -LSB- Illustration : UDEA FOUND LIFELESS BY HER SEVEN BROTHERS -RSB- Meanwhile her brothers sat below waiting for her and wondering why she did not come . ` What can have happened to her ! ' exclaimed the eldest brother . ` Perhaps she has fallen into the fire , too . ' So one of the others ran upstairs and found his sister stretched on the floor . ` Udea ! Udea ! ' he cried , but she did not move or reply . Then he saw that she was dead , and rushed down to his brothers in the courtyard and called out , ` Come quickly , our sister is dead ! ' In a moment they were all beside her and knew that it was true , and they made a bier and laid her on it , and placed her across a camel , and said to the camel , ` Take her to her mother , but be careful not to halt by the way , and let no man capture you , and see you kneel down before no man , save him who shall say `` string '' -LSB- 1 -RSB- to you . But to him who says `` string , '' then kneel . ' -LSB- Footnote 1 : ` Riemen . ' -RSB- So the camel started , and when it had accomplished half its journey it met three men , who ran after it in order to catch it ; but they could not . Then they cried ` Stop ! '
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Footnote camel journey mat nails others rage side skin string