Opening, part 29 · page 21 2101The eagles and the gulls looked on from their nests as he passed, leaving the deer behind him; but at length he stopped, for hunger had seized on him, and he could walk no more.checked by a teacher102Trembling with fatigue he sat himself on a rock and broke a piece off his cake.103'Spare me a morsel, Ardan son of Gorla,' asked a raven, fluttering down towards him.104'Seek food elsewhere, O bearer of ill-news,' answered Ardan son of Gorla; 'it is but little I have for myself.'105And he stretched himself out for a few moments, then rose to his feet again.106On and on went he till the little birds flew to their nests, and the brightness died out of the sky, and a darkness fell over the earth.107On and on, and on, till at last he saw a beam of light streaming from a house and hastened towards it.108The door was opened and he entered, but paused when he beheld an old man lying on a bench by the fire, while seated opposite him was a maiden combing out the locks of her golden hair with a comb of silver.1 2← previousOpening, part 28next →Opening, part 30↑ back to The Orange Fairy BookThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/page/2/