Jorn found the Mok-Mok, but it was already destroyed. He found a tree where instead of cherries hung rubies that couldn't be plucked. A strange, small man appeared and told him in order to get a ruby from the tree, he had to say one thousand. At first, Jorn thought he had to count to one thousand for a ruby to fall, but the small man made him realize that all he had to do was say the words “one thousand” for a ruby to fall. Jorn filled the silver chalice, but the small man disappeared and a black knight called Duff of the Dolorous Doom appeared before him. They engaged in a sword fight and battled until Jorn stabbed the knight near the right shoulder. When Duff fell, his helmet fell off and revealed the face of an old man. Feeling regret for his action, Jorn helped Duff and tended the wound. Duff told him about how he came face-to-face with the Mok-Mok on a quest to win a woman's love and was appalled that the Mok-Mok was just a harmless thing of clay and wood. “This is the Dolorous Doom of one who rode not home to claim his lady’s hand--that each and every Maytime till I die, I must be overthrown by love which once I overthrew,” Duff said. His lady cast a spell on Duff so that his armor is Strength, but the flaw underneath is Pride. Jorn gathered the rubies in the chalice and rode back to the castle (Thurber, 78-88).