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his attendants and courtiers, and at the death of the 
deer found himself alone. 
“ ‘ He took the falcon again upon his wrist, and, 
remounting his horse, began to search for water, for 
the chase had been a very severe one, and he was 
exceedingly heated and thirsty. At last he dis- 
covered at the foot of a mountain a stream of water 
that came trickling down among the rocks. So he 
took out of his quiver a little cup, and with some 
trouble filled it at the spring, for the water dropped 
very slowly. By patiently waiting, however, he filled 
the cup and raised it to his lips. Just as his hand 
was raising the cup the hawk clapped its wings and 
upset the contents. The king was vexed at the in- 
terruption, but, thinking it an accident, he again 
applied the cup to the gently trickling stream, re- 
filled it, and again raised it to his lips. A second 
time the falcon shook its pinions and threw the 
water out of the cup. The king was so angry with 
the bird that he dashed it to the ground in his rage 
and killed it on the spot. 
“ ‘ Just then one of his attendants came up, and 
the king, giving him the cup, desired him to wipe it 
clean and bring him some of the water. But he 
was so very thirsty that he had not patience to wait 
for the filling of the cup drop by drop, and directed 
the servant to climb up the rocks and fill it at the 
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