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TALES OF THE PUNJAB
the little weaver was just a fearful wee man, and had knocked over the elephant like a ninepin.Then the King said to himself, 'None of my warriors and wrestlers, no, not even the heroes of old, could have done this.I must secure this little man's services if I can.'So he asked Vicky why he was wandering about the world.
'For pleasure, for service, or for conquest!' returned Valiant Vicky, laying such stress on the last word that the King, in a great hurry, made him Commander-in-Chief of his whole army, for fear he should take service elsewhere.
So there was Valiant Vicky a mighty fine warrior, and as proud as a peacock of having fulfilled his own predictions.
