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132 and riches, unless you remember the words of Nagarguna and keep silent on your homeward way! Farewell—I am off to my mango tree, and it is good indeed to be free again!"

The Prince could scarcely keep back his tears of anger and vexation as he watched the Siddhi-kur skipping gayly off to the north.

"I will fetch you yet!" he cried, but the magic creature only turned and smiled at him indulgently.

"I would give it up, if I were you," said he; "but if you really are determined to get me again, I've a nice story to tell you on the way back,—'The Strange Adventure of Schalu's Wife. With that he ran on and disappeared in the distance.