which accompanied him, and set sail. And on arriving at his
own kingdom, he was welcomed with salvos of cannon, and Tsar Chotei
came out of his palace and took him and the beautiful Queen Truda by
their lily-white hands, led them into the marble halls, placed them at
table, and they feasted and made merry. Sila Tsarevich lived with his
father two years; then he returned to the kingdom of King Salom,
received from him the crown, and ruled over the country with his Queen
Truda in great love and happiness.

STORY OF THE KNIGHT YAROSLAV LASAREVICH AND THE PRINCESS ANASTASIA

In a certain country lived a Tsar named Kartaus, who had twelve
knights, and the Tsar had a chief over these knights, Prince Lasar
Lasarevich. Prince Lasar and his wife, the Princess Epistimia, lived
for seventy years and had no child; and they began, with tears, to
sigh for one to cheer their old age, and to pray for their souls after
death.

At length their wish was granted, and they had a son, whom Prince
Lasar named Yaroslav. The little fellow had a rosy face, blonde hair,
and bright eyes. His parents were overjoyed and made a great feast.
When Yaroslav was fifteen years old he went often to the Tsar's Court
and played with the children of princes and boyars. Then the princes
counselled together, and went to the Tsar and said: "Our lord and
sovereign, grant us your imperial favour: your Majesty has a knight,
Prince Lasar, whose son Yaroslav comes to your imperial Court and
plays with our children; but his sports are mischievous, for whenever
he takes anyone by the head, the head falls off, and this causes us
great trouble and grief. Now, O Tsar, show us your favour, and either
send Yaroslav out of your kingdom or grant us leave to depart, for
live we cannot with Yaroslav."

Then the Tsar Kartaus immediately sent for Prince Lasar, told him the
complaints the princes and nobles had made of Yaroslav, and commanded
that he should leave the kingdom. When Lasar heard this command, he
rode away sorrowfully, with his head hanging lower than his shoulders.
Now Yaroslav came to meet his father, bowed to the ground, and said:
"Long years of happiness to my lord and father! Why ride you so
sorrowfully, my lord? Have you received an unkind word from the Tsar?"
Prince Lasar answered: "My dear child Yaroslav, I have indeed received
a cruel order from the Tsar. Other children are a joy to their father
from their youth up, a support in his old age, and t