the morning he had been looking in vain for Moni and now he met him up
here, where he had not expected to find him.

"I didn't suppose you came up so high with the goats," said Jorgli.

"To be sure I do," replied Moni, "but not always; usually I stay by the
Pulpit-rock and around there. Why have you come up here?"

"To make you a visit," was the reply. "I have something to tell you.
Besides, I have two goats here, that I am bringing to the landlord at
the Baths. He is going to buy one, and so I thought I would come up
to see you."

"Are they your own goats?" asked Moni.

"Surely, they are ours. I don't tend strange ones any longer. I am not
a goat-boy now."

Moni was very much surprised at this, for Jorgli had become the goat-boy
of Kublis at the same time he had been made goat-boy of Fideris, and
Moni did not understand how Jorgli could give it up without a single
murmur.

Meanwhile the goat-boys and their flocks had reached the Pulpit-rock.
Moni brought out bread and a small piece of dried meat and invited
Jorgli to share his midday meal. They both sat down on the Pulpit-rock
and ate heartily, for it had grown very late and they had excellent
appetites. When everything was eaten and they had drunk a little goat's
milk, Jorgli comfortably stretched himself at full length on the ground,
and rested his head on both arms, but Moni remained sitting, for he