That was not the place," he said.
"And what have you brought?"
Emelian wanted to show him, but the King would not even look.
" That was not the thing," he said.
"If it is not the thing," Emelian said,
"I must break it and let it go to the devil."
Emelian came out of the palace and struck the drum. He had no sooner done so than all the King's troops gathered around him. They saluted Emelian and waited for his commands. From the window of his palace the King called to the troops, forbidding them to follow Emelian, but the troops would not listen to the King and followed Emelian. When the King saw this he ordered Emelian's wife to be given back to him and he begged Emelian to give him the drum.
"I can't," Emelian said. "I was told to break it and throw the bits into the river."
Emelian took the drum to the river and the soldiers followed him. Emelian struck the drum and broke it into little bits which he threw into the water and the troops
