Atondido Stories
flowing river there were shoals of tiny fish. Everything was alive
again, everything happy.
The knights who had been restored to life gathered in the
hall to thank the prince for their deliverance. But the prince said
to them:
“You have nothing to thank me for. If it had not been for
these, my three trusty servants, Longshanks, Girth, and Keen, I
should have met the same fate as you.”
The prince set out at once on his journey home with his bride
and his three serving men. When he reached home the old king,
who had given him up for lost, wept for joy at his unexpected re-
turn.
All the knights whom the prince had rescued were invited to
the wedding which took place at once and lasted for three
weeks.
When it was over, Longshanks, Girth, and Keen presented
themselves to the young king and told him that they were again
going out into the world to look for work. The young king urged
them to stay.
“I will give you everything you need as long as you live,” he
promised them, “and you won’t have to exert yourselves at all.”
But such an idle life was not to their liking. So they took their
leave and started out again and to this day they are still knock-
ing around somewhere.
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