For some weeks Tiidu wandered from one village to another , and proved for himself the truth of the old man 's promise . The people he met were all friendly and kind , and enjoyed his flute-playing , giving him his food in return , and even a few pence . These pence the youth hoarded carefully till he had collected enough to buy a beautiful pair of pipes . Then he felt himself indeed on the high road to riches . Nowhere could pipes be found as fine as his , or played in so masterly a manner . Tiidu 's pipes set everybody 's legs dancing . Wherever there was a marriage , a christening , or a feast of any kind , Tiidu must be there , or the evening would be a failure . In a few years he had become so noted a piper that people would travel far and wide to hear him . One day he was invited to a christening where many rich men from the neighbouring town were present , and all agreed that never in all their lives had they heard such playing as his . They crowded round him , and praised him , and pressed him to come to their homes , declaring that it was a shame not to give their friends the chance of hearing such music . Of course all this delighted Tiidu , who accepted gladly , and left their houses laden with money and presents of every kind ; one great lord clothed him in a magnificent dress , a second hung a chain of pearls round his neck , while a third handed him a set of new pipes encrusted in silver . As for the ladies , the girls twisted silken scarves round his plumed hat , and their mothers knitted him gloves of all colours , to keep out the cold . Any other man in Tiidu 's place would have been contented and happy in this life ; but his craving for riches gave him no rest , and only goaded him day by day to fresh exertions , so that even his own mother would not have known him for the lazy boy who was always lying asleep in one place or the other . Now Tiidu saw quite clearly that he could only hope to become rich by means of his pipes , and set about thinking if there was nothing he could do to make the money flow in faster . At length he remembered having heard some stories of a kingdom in the Kungla country , where musicians of all sorts were welcomed and highly paid ; but where it was , or how it was reached , he could not recollect , however hard he thought . In despair , he wandered along the coast , hoping to see some ship or sailing boat that would take him where he wished to go , and at length he reached the town of Narva , where several merchantmen were lying at anchor . To his great joy , he found that one of them was sailing for Kungla in a few days , and he hastily went on board , and asked for the captain . But the cost of the passage was more than the prudent Tiidu cared to pay , and though he played his best on his pipes , the captain refused to lower his price , and Tiidu was just thinking of returning on shore when his usual luck flew to his aid . A young sailor , who had heard him play , came secretly to him , and offered to hide him on board , in the absence of the captain . So the next night , as soon as it was dark , Tiidu stepped softly on deck , and was hidden by his friend down in the hold in a corner between two casks .
Unseen by the rest XXXXX the crew the sailor managed to bring him food and drink , and when they were well out of sight of land he proceeded to carry out a plan he had invented to deliver Tiidu from his cramped quarters .
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