ABSTRACT

Once there was a certain Boy who lived with his Mother and her Rival Wife, the Kishia. And when he began to grow up, his Playmates, when they mounted their Horses and passed through the town, used to say " O Playmate, if your Mother is not displeased with you, let her buy you a Horse "(1). They were always saying this to him, and at last the Kishia said " Are you not going to buy your Son a Horse ? " And the Mother replied " Would you like to do so, I have not a cowrie to spare." So the Kishia bought him a Horse, and the robes [proper for a Rider].