th it. But his luck was still no better
than it had been before. Soon it was all gone, and back he came to his
brother's house.

So it went on. The older brother could not rid himself of him. At last
the elder brother, seeing there would be no peace for him as long as
he remained where he was, made up his mind to sell all his possessions
and take the money and journey to a far land without telling his
younger brother anything about it.

This he did, but somehow or other the younger one got wind of it. He
found what ship his brother was to sail on, and then he crawled aboard
at night, when nobody was watching, and hid himself among the cargo.

The next day the ship set sail. Soon they were out at sea. Then the
elder brother came out on deck and strutted up and down, and he
rejoiced at heart that he had shaken off the younger lad and with good
luck might never see him again.

But just as he thought this, whom should he see but the lad coming
across the deck to meet him and give him greeting.

The elder was a sick and sorry man. It seemed there was no ridding
himself of his brother. At the first port they touched he left the
ship, and his brother got off with him, for he had no idea of being
left behind.

The elder brother stood there on the shore and looked about him. Then
he said, "Listen, now! It is a long way to the town. Do you stay here
while I go on farther, beyond yon spit of land, and see whether I can
find a dwelling where I can buy us a couple of horses; for I have no
wish to journey on foot."

The younger brother was for going along too, but to this the elder
would not consent. No, no; the lad was to stay there and watch a box
that the elder brother had brought along. (The box had nothing in it,
but this the younger brother did not know.)

So the elder brother set out and soon was out of sight, and the
younger one sat on the box and kicked his heels and waited, and waited
and waited and waited; but his brother never did come back.

Then the lad knew the older one had made a fool of him. He looked in
the box and found it empty. So off he set to see whether he could make
his own way in the world and no thanks to any one.

He journeyed on a short way and a long way, and so he came to a place
where three men were quarreling together fiercely, and the things they
were quarreling over were an old turban, a piece of carpet, and a
sword.

As soon as they saw the lad they stopped quarreling and ran and cau