I am stronger!

"Not so fast," replied the youth,
"If I am going to die, I am going

to have a say in it!"

"I will seize you and you shall

die!" said the fiend.

"Softly, softly , do not talk so big,"
replied the boy, "I am as strong
as you are, and I daresay,

perhaps even stronger."

"We shall see," said the old man.
"If you are stronger, I will let you
go. Come, we will try."