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Updated: September 17, 2025
"Come with me," she said; and taking his hand, she led him to a tree beneath which stood a noble horse, richly caparisoned, which pawed the ground and whinnied to its mistress, as she drew near. "You must ride this horse," said Rupa-Sikha, "who will obey you if you but whisper in his ear; and you must take earth, water, wood and fire with you, which I will give you.
What was his joy when he recognised his dear son, holding the jewelled arrow, which had led him into such trouble, in his right hand, as he guided Marat with his left! The king flung himself from his horse, and Sringa-Bhuja, giving the reins to Rupa-Sikha, also dismounted. The next moment he was in his father's arms, everything forgotten and forgiven in the happy reunion.
He said nothing when he heard that he was wounded, and was about to turn back again when Rupa-Sikha said to him: "As you are on horseback and can get to Dhuma-Sikha's temple quicker than I can, will you carry the message of his brother's approaching death to him for me, and bid him make all possible haste if he would see him alive?"
Rupa-Sikha did not take long to decide what was best for her to do. She said to the prince, "I will give you back your golden arrow, and you must make all possible haste out of our country before my father discovers you are here." "No! no! no! a thousand times no!" cried the prince. "Now I have once seen you, I can never, never leave you. Can you not learn to love me and be my wife?"
The old woman straightened herself, and peering, up into his face, said: "No; we are too busy over our work to notice anything else." "And what, pray, are you doing in my wood?" asked Agni-Sikha. "We are helping to collect the fuel for the pyre of the great magician Agni-Sikha." answered Rupa-Sikha. "Do you not know that he died yesterday?"
Do yon think it was good for those who had told lies about Guna-Vara and her son to be forgiven so easily? Can you give any instances of good coming out of evil and of evil coming out of what seemed good? Do you think Rupa-Sikha deserved all the happiness that came to her? The Beetle and the Silken Thread.
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