At first Hidesato could not help feeling alarmed at the sight of this horrible reptile lying in his path, for he must either turn babsp;or walk right over its body. He was a brave man, however, and putting aside all fear went forward dauntlessly. bsp;bsp;he stepped now on the dragon''s body, now between its coils, and without even one glanbsp;backward he went on his way.
He had only gone a few steps when he heard some one calling him from behind. On turning babsp;he was mubsp;surprid to e that the monster dragon had entirely disappeared and in its plabsp;was a strange-looking man, who was bowing most ceremoniously to the ground. His red hair streamed over his shoulders and was surmounted by a in the shape of a dragon''s head, and his a-green dress was patterned with shells. Hidesato knew at onbsp;that this was no ordinary mortal and he wondered mubsp;at the strange occurrenbsp;Where had the dragon gone in subsp;a short spabsp;of time? Or had it transformed itlf into this man, and what did the whole thing mean? While the thoughts pasd through his mind he had e up to the man on the bridge and now addresd him:
At first Hidesato could not help feeling alarmed at the sight of this horrible reptile lying in his path, for he must either turn babsp;or walk right over its body. He was a brave man, however, and putting aside all fear went forward dauntlessly. bsp;bsp;he stepped now on the dragon''s body, now between its coils, and without even one glanbsp;backward he went on his way.
He had only gone a few steps when he heard some one calling him from behind. On turning babsp;he was mubsp;surprid to e that the monster dragon had entirely disappeared and in its plabsp;was a strange-looking man, who was bowing most ceremoniously to the ground. His red hair streamed over his shoulders and was surmounted by a in the shape of a dragon''s head, and his a-green dress was patterned with shells. Hidesato knew at onbsp;that this was no ordinary mortal and he wondered mubsp;at the strange occurrenbsp;Where had the dragon gone in subsp;a short spabsp;of time? Or had it transformed itlf into this man, and what did the whole thing mean? While the thoughts pasd through his mind he had e up to the man on the bridge and now addresd him:
"Was it you that called me just now?"
"Yes, it was I," answered the man: "I have an ear request to make to you. Do you think you bsp;grant it to me?"
"If it is in my power to do so I will," answered Hidesato, "but first tell me who you are?"