The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8 · page 21 2101This time, however, the emperor sent two men on horseback to ride behind him, with orders to watch the prince all day long.102The horsemen kept the prince and his sheep in sight, without being seen themselves.103As soon as they beheld the sheep running towards the meadows, they turned aside up a steep hill, which overhung the lake.104When the shepherd reached the place he laid, as before, his pipes on the grass and bade the greyhounds sit beside them, while the hawk he perched on the branch of the tree.105Then he rolled up his trousers and his sleeves, and waded into the water crying:1 2← previousThe Crimson Fairy Book, part 7next →The Crimson Fairy Book, part 9↑ back to The Crimson Fairy BookThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/page/2/