Note 24 — Chapter II · ROUMANIAN-GYPSY STORIES (continued 2)

And he left him, and journeyed three more days and three nights. And he came to that hill, and sat down, and ate, and rested. And he arose and went to the hill. And the horses, when they saw him, ran to eat him. And the lad said, ‘Do not eat me, for I will give you pearly hay24 and fresh water.’