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'We will talk about that by-and-by, said the cat, as she made her best bow, and turned her horse's head. The princess was very unhappy when Kisa left her without even bidding her farewell. She would neither eat nor drink, nor take any notice of all the beautiful dresses her parents bought for her. 'She will die, unless we can make her laugh, one whispered to the other.
The pain vanished at once, and Ingibjorg looked up and smiled at Kisa. 'You will go to sleep now, said the cat, 'and you will not mind if I leave you for a little while. I will lock the door, and no one can hurt you. But before she had finished the princess was asleep. Then Kisa got into the cart, which was standing at the door, and catching up the reins, drove straight to the giant's cave.
The old priest led the procession, the three children behind him, then the flute players, followed by the priests bearing emblems, and the priest with the bull roarer at the end of the line. Each fraternity preserved its own formation. Having reached the village plaza they marched to the Kisa and deposited their pahos and ceremonial offerings, then dispersed.
Leaving her cart behind some trees, Kisa crept gently up to the open door, and, crouching down, listened to what the giant was telling his wife, who was at supper with him.
But before Kisa could answer, Ingibjörg's attendants arrived breathless on the scene, and were so horrified at the sight of a strange cat, that Kisa plunged into the bushes and went back to the forest. The princess was very much vexed with her ladies-in-waiting for frightening away her old playfellow, and told the queen who came to her room every evening to bid her good-night.
When the marriage was over, Kisa suddenly stood before them, and Ingibjörg rushed forward and clasped her in her arms. 'I have come to claim my reward, said the cat. 'Let me sleep for this night at the foot of your bed. 'Is that all? asked Ingibjörg, much disappointed. 'It is enough, answered the cat. And when the morning dawned, it was no cat that lay upon the bed, but a beautiful princess.
'I am coming! was the answer; and in another moment a cart made its way through the trees, driven by Kisa, who used her tail as a whip to urge the horse to go faster. Directly Kisa saw Ingibjörg lying there, she jumped quickly down, and lifting the girl carefully in her two front paws, laid her upon some soft hay, and drove back to her own little hut.
The princess of course ran after it at once, and she was stooping down to feel if it was hidden in the long grass, when she heard a voice calling her: 'Ingibjorg! Ingibjorg! it said, 'have you forgotten me? I am Kisa, your sister! 'But I never HAD a sister, answered Ingibjorg, very much puzzled; for she knew nothing of what had taken place so long ago.
'Yes, it is quite true what Kisa said, answered the queen; 'I should have liked to see her again. Perhaps, some day, she will return, and then you must bring her to me. Next morning it was very hot, and the princess declared that she must go and play in the forest, where it was always cool, under the big shady trees.
Kabab is meat roasted or fried with spices; sometimes in small pieces, sometimes minced, sometimes on skewers, but never in joints as with us, though they make kababs of a whole lamb or kid. It is used in a collective sense, like the term kisa, or "purse," among the Persians and Turks; only the kisa consists of five hundred dollars, a sum very nearly equal to 1000 rupis.
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