A fort must have for egress, say
The specialists, a gap;
If this be lacking, it is not
A fortress, but a trap.
Nor should you feel any pity for me. For the proverb says:
Pet and pamper servants well;
Love them as you love your life:
Yet consider them as dry
Tinder in the hour of strife.
Nor must you balk me in my design. For once more:
Cherish servants like yourself;
Guard them as you guard your life
Every day for one sole day,
When you meet your foe in strife."
With these words he started a sham fight with the king. And Cloudy's retinue, seeing Live-Strong jabber with unbridled license at the king, started up to kill him. But Cloudy said: "Out of my path, you. I take upon myself the chastisement of this traitorous scoundrel." With this he pounced upon him, pecked at him gently, smeared him with blood (which he had provided), and departed with his retinue for Antelope Mountain, as Live-Strong had recommended.
At this juncture the owl's consort, acting as spy for the enemy, went and reported in detail to the owl-king the disgrace of Cloudy's prime minister. And the owl-king, informed of the occurrence, started with his retainers at sundown on a crow-hunt. And he said: "Hasten, friends, hasten! The enemy is
