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'And what is your business at Kerglas? asked the lion with a growl, and showing his teeth. 'With all respect, answered Peronnik, pretending to be very frightened, 'I am the servant of a lady who is a friend of the noble Rogear and sends him some larks for a pasty. 'Larks? cried the lion, licking his long whiskers. 'Why, it must be a century since I have had any!

This flattered the farmer's wife so much that she gave him some butter to spread on it, and Peronnik was still eating it on the doorstep when an armed knight rode up. 'Can you tell me the way to the castle of Kerglas? asked he. 'To Kerglas? are you really going to Kerglas? cried the woman, turning pale.

But on each occasion he saw him the desire to possess the bowl and the lance became stronger. One evening the boy was sitting alone on the edge of the forest, when a man with a white beard stopped beside him. 'Do you want to know the way to Kerglas? asked the idiot, and the man answered 'I know it well. 'You have been there without being killed by the magician? cried Peronnik.

'Yes; and in order to get there I have come from a country so far off that it has taken me three months' hard riding to travel as far as this. 'And why do you want to go to Kerglas? said she. 'I am seeking the basin of gold and the lance of diamonds which are in the castle, he answered. Then Peronnik looked up. 'The basin and the lance are very costly things, he said suddenly.

This flattered the farmer's wife so much that she gave him some butter to spread on it, and Peronnik was still eating it on the doorstep when an armed knight rode up. 'Can you tell me the way to the castle of Kerglas? asked he. 'To Kerglas? are you really going to Kerglas? cried the woman, turning pale.

But on each occasion he saw him the desire to possess the bowl and the lance became stronger. One evening the boy was sitting alone on the edge of the forest, when a man with a white beard stopped beside him. 'Do you want to know the way to Kerglas? asked the idiot, and the man answered 'I know it well. 'You have been there without being killed by the magician? cried Peronnik.

Then Bernez went home, and showed his wealth to Marzinne, who this time did not refuse him as a brother-in-law, and he and Rozennik were married, and lived happy for ever after. From 'Le Royer Breton, par Emile Souvestre. The Castle of Kerglas

The young man pulled up and removed his cap, for, idiot though he was, he knew that when you have to do with people greater than yourself, a cap is more useful in the hand than on the head. Then, after wishing all kinds of good fortune to the lion and his family, he inquired if he was on the right road to Kerglas.

In this way he was able to reach the end of the garden, and at length perceived the castle of Kerglas, with the river between them which had only one ford. Would the lady be there, as the old man had told him? Yes, surely that was she, sitting on a rock, in a black satin dress, and her face the colour of a Moorish woman's.

Then he added aloud: Colt, free to run and free to eat. Colt, gallop fast until we meet, and instantly the colt appeared, frisking and jumping to the wizard, who threw a halter over his neck and leapt on his back. Peronnik kept silence at the farm about this adventure, but he understood very well that if he was ever to get to Kerglas he must first catch the colt which knew the way.