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Rh liked him on account of his strength and frankness, and when there was a tournament in Prague, he took him along. Ctibor overcame a certain German knight whom no one else could conquer, and on that account was knighted by the king.

This tale delighted the children, and from the time that the old shepherd related it, the fortress and the meadow acquired a new interest for them.

"What is the name of the place where that chapel stands?" asked Willie.

"That is Bousin. If God grants us good health, we will go there sometime when there is a pilgrimage there," replied grandmother.

"What happened there, Grandma?" asked Adelka, who could listen to such stories from morning till night.

"A miracle was performed there; don't you remember how Vorsa related it?"

"We don’t remember at all. Please, Grandma, tell us about it."

"Well, then, sit down quietly upon the benches and do not lean out of the windows lest you fall and break your necks." After thus admonishing them, Grandmother began her story:

"Beyond this hill and these woods are the villages of Turyn, Litobor, Slatina, Mecov, and Bousin. In olden times they all belonged to one knight named Turynsky, who lived in Turyncastle. This knight had a wife and one child, a pretty little girl, but alas! deaf and dumb, which was a great grief to her parents.

"Once as the little girl was wandering about in the castle, she thought she would like to go to Bou-