Tales from far and near : history stories of other lands . hut until they were bigstrong boys. They played with hischildren, and helped to watch the sheepupon the hillside, and were quite they did not know they were princes. 15 Years were to pass before they found out. The new kings sheep fed upon thegrass on one part of the hills, and theold kings sheep fed upon the grass onanother part of the hills. Sometimesthere were fights between the new kingsshepherds and the old kings shepherds. In one of these fights, the shepherdsof the old king caught Remus and tookhim away to the house of
Tales from far and near : history stories of other lands . hut until they were bigstrong boys. They played with hischildren, and helped to watch the sheepupon the hillside, and were quite they did not know they were princes. 15 Years were to pass before they found out. The new kings sheep fed upon thegrass on one part of the hills, and theold kings sheep fed upon the grass onanother part of the hills. Sometimesthere were fights between the new kingsshepherds and the old kings shepherds. In one of these fights, the shepherdsof the old king caught Remus and tookhim away to the house of their ran after his brother to try tohelp him, but the shepherds got himalso. Then the two lads were takenbefore the old king, who was theirgrandfather. When the old king saw the tall prettyboys in their plain clothes, he stared. Surely those fine lads are not thesons of a shepherd? said he. He asked many things of the boys andof the shepherds. Then he sent for theshejjherd who had cared for them allthese years, and from him he learned 16. The Old King and his Grandsons their strange story So the old kingfound out that the boys were indeed hisgrandsons, and he was very happy. He told Romulus and Remus that theywere princes, and that the new^ kinghad tried to drown them when theywere babies. This story made the ladsvery angrj^ They went to the newkings palace and killed him. Then theygave the crown back to their grandfather. But thev would not stav with the old king. 17 ^ Xo, said thev, we will build a citvfor ourselves near the river where wewere saved. And they went back to thatplace. Let us build our city here! saidRomulus, pointing to one hilltop. No, let us build it here! said Remus,pointing to another hilltop. And they could not agree. Then thev said: We will watch the ft. skv, and the one of us who first sees aflock of birds flying past shall build thecity where he pleases. So Romulus watched the sky from onehilltop, and Remus watched it fromanother. Remus
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