him, never hesitating.


EIGHTEENTH GOBLIN

The Boy whom his Parents, the King, and the Giant conspired to
Kill. Why did he laugh at the moment of death?

Then the king went to the sissoo tree, put the goblin on his
shoulder as before, and started in silence. And the goblin on his
shoulder saw that he was silent and said: "O King, why are you so
obstinate? Go home. Spend the night in rest. You ought not to take
me to that rascally monk. But if you insist, then I will tell you
another story. Listen."


There is a city called Brilliant-peak. There lived a glorious king
named Moon, who delighted the eyes of his subjects. Wise men
said that he was brave, generous, and the very home of beauty. But
in spite of all his wealth, he was very sad at heart. For he found no
wife worthy of him.

One day this king went with soldiers on horseback into a great
wood, to hunt there and forget his sorrow. There he split open
many boars with his arrows as the sun splits the black darkness,
and made fierce lions into cushions for his arrows, and slew
mountainous monsters with his terrible darts.

As he hunted, he spurred his horse and beat him terribly. And the
horse was so hurt by the spur and the whip that he could not tell