the girl should be given."

And the king said to the goblin: "Sir, you are merely trying to gain
time by making me break silence. There is no puzzle about that.
How could a warrior's daughter be given to a working-
man, a weaver? Or to a farmer, either? And as to his knowledge of
the speech of beasts and birds, of what practical use is it? And
what good is a Brahman who neglects his own affairs and turns
magician, despising real courage? Of course she should be given to
the warrior Swordsman who had some manhood with his science."

When the goblin heard this, he escaped by magic from the king's
shoulder, and disappeared. And the king followed him as before.
Discouragement never enters the brave heart of a resolute man.


TENTH GOBLIN

The Three Delicate Wives of King Virtue-banner. Which is the
most delicate?

Then the king went to the sissoo tree, put the goblin on his
shoulder once more, and started toward the monk. And as he
walked along, the goblin on his shoulder said: "O King, I will tell
you a strange story to relieve your weariness. Listen."


There once was a king in Ujjain, whose name was
Virtue-banner. He had three princesses as wives, and loved them
dearly. One of them was named Crescent, the second Star, and the