THE STORY OF KHERUDIN. 41 



The dog rushed off and began to eat. The cat also came 

 and ate. The dog guzzled right into the fish's maw. When 

 he broke it open he saw that there was a ring inside. The dog 

 said, " I have found a ring in the maw of this fish." 



The cat said, " Here ! let me have a look." 



So the dog gave it to the cat, and it actually was the ring 

 that had fallen. The cat took it and put it in his mouth, and 

 said " Come along and let us swim back.'' 



So they both swam away. At last after a very long time they 

 reached land. They travelled on, day and night, night and day, 

 until at last they reached their master's country. When they 

 got below the house, Kherudin was still in a swoon. The cat 

 tried to reach his master but was not allowed to get near. So 

 at midnight when they were all asleep, the cat crept up into the 

 house and went to his master and laid the ring on his breast. 

 Then Kherudin sneezed and at once recovered consciousness 

 and went away to his own bedroom. Nobody had noticed 

 anything, so the people who were on guard at the place where 

 Kherudin had swooned were very frightened the next morning 

 when they saw that Kherudin had disappeared. So an uproar 

 arose in the palace. Some one told the king that his illustri- 

 ous son had disappeared from the place in which he had swoon- 

 ed. The king was very grieved to hear this. Later on in 

 the day, at the time when the ploughman can glance round 

 without being dazzled by the sun, that is to say at the time 

 that you can lift your eyebrows, (about 9 a. m.) the princess 

 Shamsiah came out from her bedroom and heard that there 

 was an uproar in the palace because her husband had disap- 

 peared. So the princess ordered one of her servants to go and 

 tell her father that Kherudin had recovered from his swoon 

 and was in his own bedroom. So the maid servant ran off in 

 a hurry to go before the king and said, 



" Pardon, your majesty, a thousand thousand pardons, 

 this your slave has come before your gracious majesty on the 

 command of your daughter. The princess commands me to 

 say that Kherudin has recovered from his swoon and is now 

 in his bedroom. " 



E. A. Soc. No. 46, 1906. 



