THE MERMAID
Then as usual the old herd met him and counted the cows, and said:
"Did anything happen to frighten you to-day? "No," said the herd, "nothing. What should happen?"
"I have news for you this day," said the herd.
"What's that?" said the Gray Lad.
The great "Biast" is coming out of the sea to take away the king's daughter, and unless he gets her the whole realm will be ravaged.
"I should care much more if evil befel our brown cow, than if it happens to the king's daughter," said the herd's boy; and home he sauntered to the herd's hut, and went to rest.
If the dawn came early next day, the herd rose earlier, and he took the cows and the brown cow at their head, and went straight to the first park. He opened the door of the park, and put them in, because there was no giant th
