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The survivors running away, Rustem's next object was to follow and secure, by his kamund, the person of Aúlád, and with admirable address and ingenuity, he succeeded in dismounting him and taking him alive. He then bound his hands, and said to him:
But first Aulad said to him, "I have the marks of your bonds upon me; my body is bruised with the knots of your lasso; I beseech you to respect the promise which you made me of a reward. A hero is bound to keep his word." Rustem said: "I promised that you should be King of Mazanderan, and King you shall be. But I have much to do before my word can be kept.
I was going to drive his horse out of the cornfields, when he leaped upon me, tore my ears from my head without saying a single word, and then lay down to sleep again." Aulad was about to go hunting with his chiefs; but when he heard the keeper's story he altered his plan, and set out to the place where he heard that Rustem had been seen.
"Show but the way, And thou shalt see what one man can perform, With power derived from God! Lead on, with speed, To royal Káús." With obedient haste Aúlád proceeded, Rustem following fast, Mounted on Rakush. Neither dismal night Nor joyous day they rested on they went Until at length they reached the fatal field, Where Káús was o'ercome.
"Stay, Be not in wrath," Aúlád at once replied "Thy wish shall be fulfilled and thou shalt know Where king Káús is prisoned and, beside, Where the White Demon reigns. Between two dark And lofty mountains, in two hundred caves Immeasurably deep, his people dwell. Twelve hundred Demons keep the watch by night And Baid, and Sinja. Like a reed, the hills Tremble whenever the White Demon moves.
Aulad answered, "When the sun shall grow hot, the Genii will go to sleep. That will be your time to conquer them." Rustem waited till the sun was at its highest, and then went forth to battle. The Genii that were on guard fled at the sound of his voice, and he went on without finding any to resist him till he came to the great cavern of which the King had spoken.
Rustem, as soon as he saw him approach, and a great company with him, ran to Raksh, leaped on his back, and rode forward. Aulad said to him, "Who are you? What are you doing here? Why did you pluck off my keeper's ears and let your horse feed in the cornfields?" "If you were to hear my name," said Rustem, "it would freeze the blood in your heart."
When the Genii saw it, and caught sight also of the great club, they fled in the wildest confusion, fathers trampling upon their sons in their eagerness to escape. The hero put the whole herd of them to the sword, and then returned as fast as he could to the place where he had left Aulad bound to the tree.
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