. Stories from the Chronicle of the Cid . down on a seat and gone to sleep; and 86 CHRONICLE OF THE CID tlie Infantes and others were playing must have been something of a shock tolook up and find a lion standing near, glaringat them; but, shock or not, it would be a verymean sort of man that would do as the In-fantes did. They never thought of the sleep-ing Cid, or even of each other, but each triedto save his own precious self. Ferrando, theyounger, scrambled under the Cids benchwith such speed that he burst his doublet andtore his mantle; while Diego whined, I shallnever see Carrio
. Stories from the Chronicle of the Cid . down on a seat and gone to sleep; and 86 CHRONICLE OF THE CID tlie Infantes and others were playing must have been something of a shock tolook up and find a lion standing near, glaringat them; but, shock or not, it would be a verymean sort of man that would do as the In-fantes did. They never thought of the sleep-ing Cid, or even of each other, but each triedto save his own precious self. Ferrando, theyounger, scrambled under the Cids benchwith such speed that he burst his doublet andtore his mantle; while Diego whined, I shallnever see Carrion again! : and, running toa door which opened down into a courtyard,he jumped, and rolled over among the leesfrom a wine-press there, and was coveredwith them from head to foot. Both of themspoiled their clothes, which was quite punish-ment enough for two young men so vain oftheir appearance. With the other occupantsof the room, the first thought was of theCids safety, and they all wrapped theircloaks about them and stood around the seat. The Pet Lion of the Cid. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTCR, LENOX ANDTILDEN C L. THE CIDS VICTORY 89 to defend their lord. This must have madepoor Ferrando feel quite secure and com-posed under the seat. The lion began to walktoward them, when, fortunately, the Cidawoke. Seeing the beast coming, he liftedhis hand in surprise, saying, What isthis? and the lion, hearing a familiar andmasterly voice, stood still until the Cid tookhim by the mane and led him back to his was some time before Ferrando, pale andtrembling, left his retreat, and Diego, wetand dirty, came in from the courtyard; butwhen they did appear, the whole company be-gan to laugh and make fun of them untilthe Cid bade them stop. The two brotherswent out to make fresh toilets, and both werevery angry; and of what do you think theyaccused the Cid I They actually said he hadpurposely ordered the lion to be loosed inorder to see them show the white feather be-for
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