touched her. The other two who were wounded or blistered by
actual contact with lotus-petals or moonbeams, are not equal to
her."

When the goblin heard this, he went back, and the king resolutely
hastened to catch him again.


ELEVENTH GOBLIN

The King who won a Fairy as his Wife. Why did his counsellor's
heart break?

Then the king went as before to the sissoo tree, put the goblin on
his shoulder, and started back. And the goblin said once more: "O
King, I like you wonderfully well because you are not discouraged.
So I will tell you a delightful little story to relieve your weariness.
Listen."


In the Anga country was a young king named Glory-
banner, so beautiful that he seemed an incarnation of the god of
love. He had conquered all his enemies by his strength of arm, and
he had a counsellor named Farsight.

At last the king, proud of his youth and beauty, entrusted all the
power in his quiet kingdom to his counsellor, and gradually
devoted himself entirely to pleasure. He spent all his time with the
ladies of the court, and listened more attentively to their
love-songs than to the advice of statesmen. He took greater