Hundreds of years ago, in ancient times in one of the villages, lived a family consisting of six individuals: parents and four sons. During that period of ancient time, people enjoyed many marvels and miracles that were granted to many.
That small family was full of different abilities of its individuals. The daughter was called Rufa, and the four sons had inherited their strength and power from their father Einov, who was able to kill a huge bull with only one strike of his hand.
Everyone in the village feared that family greatly, as each of them enjoyed an extraordinary ability unlike their siblings. For example, the eldest son could penetrate the earth and walls. The younger than him could see what happens behind walls. While the one after him could hear through walls and sounds of dew drops in early morning as well. As for the smallest of all, he could hear anything without the knowledge of its owners.
And it was among the traditions of that tribe that they would gather every evening at night to exchange conversation together and narrate the day’s events and the problems that befell them, or emergency matters they would work to solve together, according to the old laws of the tribe.
One night, the guards heard a hoarse sound accompanied by an extremely foul smell. They all rose quickly carrying their weapons and immediately prepared for fighting. But they didn’t catch the monster lying in wait for them, as he fled from them at maximum speed and disappeared from sight.
Here, some of those present suggested building a mud hut where they would place their weapons and work on guarding it. They suggested that Einov, Rufa’s father, should guard this hut. He naturally agreed because the sons of the tribe have one goal and work with one hand. Rufa, his daughter, would prepare food for him and bring it to him once at noon and another time in the evening.
The father had agreed with his daughter on a secret word she would say to him, and she would knock with her bracelets, and her father would hear her and open the door for her. One day, the monster secretly listened to learn the secret word. He waited a little then went to the father and tried to imitate the daughter’s voice. He didn’t have bracelets, so the father knew him immediately and refused to open the door for him.
The monster was extremely angry. He went to the village wise man and asked him to guide him to something that would make his voice soft like a little girl, and something else he could issue a sound like bracelets to delight the village children with.
The wise man advised him that he could take sheep fat, then go with it to an ant nest and let the ants eat the fat in his mouth until the layers of fats around the throat area are cleared, making his voice like little girls. As for the bracelets, he could go to the shore and collect some seashells, tie them well together, and they would issue a beautiful sound that delights everyone.
The monster executed what the wise man advised him. Then he returned to the father and told him that he was his daughter Rufa. Then he knocked with the bracelets. The father was reassured, but as soon as he opened the door, he found before him a goblin with red eyes staring at him, saying to him: Finally, I will devour you without leaving any part of you. Then he started eating the man from his feet first so he couldn’t escape. Before long, he finished him completely.
Rufa reached the hut and found the door wide open. She entered to check on her father but found nothing of him but remains of flesh, bones, and blood. She screamed, but the monster was faster than her. He captured her with his strong body hair, carried her, and departed.
Rufa kept screaming until her brother heard her. He told his brothers that their sister was in danger. They set out in search of her and found the remains of their father. Their sharp-hearing brother guided them to her place. They all went to rescue their sister. As soon as she saw them, her hopes revived, and she told them that the ogre had captured her to marry her. Her brothers hid until their sharp-sighted brother saw him and told them the time had come. They set out, freed their sister, and they all fled.
But their sharp-sighted brother told them that the ogre was coming. The eldest brother dug a deep hole where they all hid until the monster came, sniffing the scent of humans. But he couldn’t see them and kept searching a lot until he was exhausted and despaired, then returned to his dark hut. Here, all the brothers survived. They went and warned the village people, who set a trap for the monster, eliminated him, and took revenge for their father Einov.