ed
she.

'Come with me, then,' answered he; 'the servants are all my friends, and
they will let you stand in the passage down which the king's son will
pass, and all the company too.'

Up they went to the castle, and when the young men saw the girl standing
there, they led her into the hall where the banquet was laid out and
poured her out some wine. She was just raising the glass to drink when a
flame went up out of it, and out of the flame sprang two pigeons, one of
gold and one of silver. They flew round and round the head of the girl,
when three grains of barley fell on the floor, and the silver pigeon
dived down, and swallowed them.

'If thou hadst remembered how I cleaned the byre, thou wouldst have
given me my share,' cooed the golden pigeon, and as he spoke three more
grains fell, and the silver pigeon ate them as before.

'If thou hadst remembered how I thatched the byre, thou wouldst have
given me my share,' cooed the golden pigeon again; and as he spoke three
more grains fell, and for the third time they were eaten by the silver
pigeon.

'If thou hadst remembered how I got the magpie's nest, thou wouldst have
given me my share,' cooed the golden pigeon.

Then the king's son understood that they had come to remind him of what
he had forgotten, and his lost memory came back, and he knew his wife,
and kissed her. But as the preparations had been made, it seemed a pity
to waste them, so they were married a second time, and sat down to the
wedding feast.

From 'Tales of the West Highlands.'

_THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN_

IN the centre of the great hall in the castle of Caerleon upon Usk, king
Arthur sat on a seat of green rushes, over which was thrown a covering
of flame-coloured silk, and a cushion of red satin lay under his elbow.
With him were his knights Owen and Kynon and Kai, while at the far end,
close to the window, were Guenevere the queen and her maidens
embroidering white garments with strange devices of gold.

'I am weary,' said Arthur, 'and till my food is prepared I would fain
sleep. You yourselves can tell each other tales, and Kai will fetch you
from the kitchen a flagon of mead and some meat.'

And when they had eaten and drunk, Kynon, the oldest among them, began
his story.

* * * * *

'I was the only son of my father and mother, and much store they set by
me, but I was not content to stay with them at home, for I thought no
deed in all