A five-year-old Irish girl sets out to find the legendary Black Swordsman. She hopes to hire him to protect her village from an impending attack by English soldiers; however, the Black Swordsman accepts only a specific genre of books as payment for his services. After receiving her book, the swordsman becomes absorbed in reading the novel. While the girl anxiously waits for the Black Swordsman to finish, the English forces approach the Irish village. The girl knows the Black Swordsman's secret, but she promises never to reveal it to anyone, otherwise he will kill her.
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