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In the old romance of King Arthur, when a cowherd comes to the king to request he would make his son a knight "It is a great thing thou askest," said Arthur, who inquired whether this entreaty proceeded from him or his son.
I started to hunt for this wonderful path, but the reader will perhaps not wonder at my failure to find it to this day. Town bred as I was, I had never seen a rice-field, and I had a charming portrait of the cowherd boy, of whom we had read, pictured on the canvas of my imagination.
Despite, therefore, of the warnings of Budja, I strolled again with my rifle, and saw pallah, small plovers, and green antelopes with straight horns, called mpeo, the skin of which makes a favourite apron for the Mabandwa. 14th. I met to-day a Mhuma cowherd in my strolls with the rifle, and asked him if he knew where the game lay.
"It is a great thing that thou askest," said the king. "What is thy name?" "Aries, the cowherd," answered he. "Cometh this prayer from thee or from thy son?" inquired King Arthur. "Nay, lord, not from myself," said he, "but from him only, for I have thirteen other sons, and all of them will fall to any labour that I put them to.
"For," said he, "the luck of Lingborough's come back, missis. It's Lob Lie-by-the-fire" "It's Lob Lie-by-the-fire!" So Thomasina whispered exultingly, and Annie the lass timidly. Thomasina cautioned the cowherd to hold his tongue, and she said nothing to the little ladies on the subject. She felt certain that they would tell the parson, and he might not approve.
"Guicowar" translated literally means "cowherd." From such employment the future Ahkund received his inspiration. He sat for many years by the banks of the Indus, and meditated. Thus he became a saint. The longer his riparian reflections were continued, the greater his sanctity became. The fame of his holiness spread throughout all the region.
At length the Raja resolved to go himself; when he saw the shining form of his son-in-law he fell down in a faint; the princess's husband ran and lifted up the Raja in his arms and revived him. After this the former cowherd became only bearably bright, and being recognized as the heir to the kingdom went to live with his wife in the Raja palace. The Strong Prince.
He felt very penitent, and he decided that somehow or other he would win back the goddess's favour. Taking his wife with him, he left his brother's house and journeyed to a distant country. At last he came near a town, and, meeting a cowherd, the younger twin asked him what its name was. The cowherd said, "The town is called Upang." "Who is the king?" asked the younger twin.
"There is a ford only a mile or two away, but I expect they will find they cannot cross it." "Is there no place of refuge near? He is unable to sit his horse." "There is a cottage close by, kept by a cowherd, who is a good and true man." "Then lead us to it at once," replied Dunstan.
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