A TRANSLATION OF THE KEDDAH ANNALS. 91 
All this having been finished, they shut up the entrance to 
the cave, as it was the time when Girda was accustomed to 
return home. So whenever he was from home the door of the 
cave was opened and these two attendants served the Prince 
diligently—by which attentions he very soonregained his former 
strength and beauty, only he had no wardrobe. The atten¬ 
dants therefore reported the favorable change to their mistress, 
expressed their belief that he indeed was the Prince of Rum, 
as his actions and speech bespoke royalty, and were superior to 
those of the Princes of China and other countries, but, said they, 
it is distressing to see him destitute of befitting dress f never 
mind, said her Highness, I will speak to Girda/ She then 
addressed Girda in these terms. ' O my Bird, Lord Girda, 
why has your lordship brought us to this place to suffer hard¬ 
ships, and privations. It is true that you supply us with food, 
but behold our wardrobe—I pray your lordship to go and 
bring our clothes from China/ 
Girdd laughing at this request, replied in a voice of thun¬ 
der from the clouds * My grand child ! I have no wish to 
distress you three, I am only waiting until I shall have 
performed the promise which I have made to the holy Pro¬ 
phet StiUman. Tt will not be long before your grand-father 
restores his grand-child to her mother in China. I pray you 
to tell me where your wardrobe lies that I may bring it/ The 
Princess having informed him where it was, Girda sped 
away through the air, saying to the Princess that he would 
be happy to serve her even were the task much more difficult. 
When he reached China he rested for a while on a mountain, 
and then directing his flight to the palace of the King, ho 
darkened the air, and sent before him a storm of rain, wind, 
thunder and lightening—and a whirlwind which is called 
tufan jin—so that the ears of all were stunned. 
It happened that at this moment His Majesty was seated 
in his splendid audience hall, surrounded by all his officers of 
state, for the purpose of hearing a letter read which Am¬ 
bassadors had just brought from the Raja of Rum to inquire 
what had become of the Prince—but the storm raged so 
furiously that no one could be heard, and all the assembly 
dispersed to take care of themselves. The hujbbub was great, 
and the seventeen apartments of that royal hall rocked to 
and fro—and all the inhabitants of the Palace, being con¬ 
founded by the horrid din and tumult, escaped from it, dis¬ 
persing in all directions and leaving it empty. 
Girda seeing his way cleared, descended amidst the uproar, 
and breaking open a side of the palace wall, took out the 
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