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pride and pleasure, they all raised a cheer, 

 except his father. But he, they say, wept 

 for joy ; and after Alexander had dismounted, 

 said, ' You must go look for a kingdom to 

 match you, my son ; Macedonia is not large 

 enough for you.' " 



Alexander was only a boy of twelve when 

 this happened ; for it was before Aristotle 

 became his tutor, — an event which took 

 place when the prince was thirteen. Bu- 

 cephalas, however, was no young colt, but 

 fourteen years old even then. Ever after, 

 though he would allow the groom to ride 

 him bareback, yet when his trappings were 

 on he suffered none save Alexander to mount 

 him ; others who tried it met with the same 

 savage behavior which he had shown at his 

 first trial, and were forced to take to their 

 own heels to save themselves from his. But 

 he bent his knees when Alexander appeared, 

 so as to make mounting easy, without wait- 

 ing for the word of command. For the rest 

 of his life he was Alexander's favorite charger, 

 and went with the great king on his expedi- 

 tion to the East. In Hyrcania he was stolen, 

 but was returned in a hurry on proclamation 



