All but one young turtle , who , frightened at not seeing any of his friends come out again , went as fast as he could to a clump of bushes , and from there made his way to the river . His only thought was to get away as far as possible from that dreadful hut ; so he let the river carry him where it was going itself , and at last , one day , he found himself in the warm sea , where , if he is not dead , you may meet him still . -LSB- Bureau of Ethnology . -RSB- How Geirald The Coward Was Punished Once upon a time there lived a poor knight who had a great many children , and found it very hard to get enough for them to eat . One day he sent his eldest son , Rosald , a brave and honest youth , to the neighbouring town to do some business , and here Rosald met a young man named Geirald , with whom he made friends . Now Geirald was the son of a rich man , who was proud of the boy , and had all his life allowed him to do whatever he fancied , and , luckily for the father , he was prudent and sensible , and did not waste money , as many other rich young men might have done . For some time he had set his heart on travelling into foreign countries , and after he had been talking for a little while to Rosald , he asked if his new friend would be his companion on his journey . ` There is nothing I should like better , ' answered Rosald , shaking his head sorrowfully ; ` but my father is very poor , and he could never give me the money . ' ` Oh , if that is your only difficulty , it is all right , ' cried Geirald . ` My father has more money than he knows what to do with , and he will give me as much as I want for both of us ; only , there is one thing you must promise me , Rosald , that , supposing we have any adventures , you will let the honour and glory of them fall to me . ' ` Yes , of course , that is only fair , ' answered Rosald , who never cared about putting himself forward . ` But I can not go without telling my parents . I am sure they will think me lucky to get such a chance . ' As soon as the business was finished , Rosald hastened home . His parents were delighted to hear of his good fortune , and his father gave him his own sword , which was growing rusty for want of use , while his mother saw that his leather jerkin was in order . ` Be sure you keep the promise you made to Geirald , ' said she , as she bade him good-bye , ` and , come what may , see that you never betray him . ' Full of joy Rosald rode off , and the next day he and Geirald started off to seek adventures . To their disappointment their own land was so well governed that nothing out of the common was very likely to happen , but directly they crossed the border into another kingdom all seemed lawlessness and confusion . They had not gone very far , when , riding across a mountain , they caught a glimpse of several armed men hiding amongst some trees in their path , and remembered suddenly some talk they had heard of a band of twelve robbers who lay in wait for rich travellers . The robbers were more like savage beasts than men , and lived somewhere at the top of the mountain in caves and holes in the ground .
They were all called ` Hankur , ' and were distinguished one XXXXX another by the name of a colour -- blue , grey , red , and so on , except their chief , who was known as Hankur the Tall .
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