Next day , when Janni was hunting , the Drakos went to the sister and advised that she should again pretend to be ill , and should beg for some pears , which grew in a garden three days ' journey from the castle . From this quest Janni would certainly never return , for there dwelt nine brothers of the Drakos , each of whom had three heads . The sister did as she was told , and next day Janni , taking his three dogs with him , went to get the pears . When he came to the garden he laid himself down to rest , and soon fell asleep . Then first came three Draken to eat him , and when the dogs had worried these , six others came and fought the dogs a long time . The noise of this combat awoke Janni , and he slew the Draken , and knew at last why the dogs were covered with blood . -LSB- Illustration : JANNI AND HIS DOGS FIGHT THE THREE-HEADED DRAKEN -RSB- After that he freed all whom the Draken held prisoners , amongst others , a king 's daughter . Out of gratitude she would have taken him for her husband ; but he put her off , saying : ` For the kindness that I have been able to do to you , you shall receive in this castle all the blind and lame who pass this way . ' The princess promised him to do so , and on his departure gave him a ring . So Janni plucked the pears and took them to his sister , who , when she had eaten them , declared she felt better . When , however , the Drakos heard that Janni had come back yet a third time safe and sound , he fled for fright forty fathoms deeper underground ; and , next day , when Janni was away hunting , he crept out and said to the sister : ` Now are we indeed both lost , unless you find out from him wherein his strength lies , and then between us we will contrive to do away with him . ' When , therefore , Janni had come back from hunting , and sat at evening with his sister by the fire , she begged him to tell her wherein lay his strength , and he answered : ` It lies in my two fingers ; if these are bound together then all my strength disappears . ' ` That I will not believe , ' said the sister , ` unless I see it for myself . ' Then he let her tie his fingers together with a thread , and immediately he became powerless . Then the sister called up the Drakos , who , when he had come forth , tore out Janni 's eyes , gave them to his dogs to eat , and threw him into a dry well . Now it happened that some travellers , going to draw water from this well , heard Janni groaning at the bottom . They came near , and asked him where he was , and he begged them to draw him up from the well , for he was a poor unfortunate man . The travellers let a rope down and drew him up to daylight . It was not till then that he first became aware that he was blind , and he begged the travellers to lead him to the country of the king whose daughter he had freed , and they would be well repaid for their trouble . When they had brought him there he sent to beg the princess to come to him ; but she did not recognise him till he had shown her the ring she had given him .
Then she remembered him , and took him with her into the XXXXX .
Illustration castle dogs fingers heads pears quest rope trouble well