So the armies on both sides went rejoicing home , and this was really the making of the fortune of clumsy Moti , who lived long and contrived always to be looked up to as a fountain of wisdom , valour , and discretion by all except his relations , who could never understand what he had done to be considered so much wiser than anyone else . A Pushto Story . The Enchanted Deer A young man was out walking one day in Erin , leading a stout cart-horse by the bridle . He was thinking of his mother and how poor they were since his father , who was a fisherman , had been drowned at sea , and wondering what he should do to earn a living for both of them . Suddenly a hand was laid on his shoulder , and a voice said to him : ` Will you sell me your horse , son of the fisherman ? ' and looking up he beheld a man standing in the road with a gun in his hand , a falcon on his shoulder , and a dog by his side . ` What will you give me for my horse ? ' asked the youth . ` Will you give me your gun , and your dog , and your falcon ? ' ' I will give them , ' answered the man , and he took the horse , and the youth took the gun and the dog and the falcon , and went home with them . But when his mother heard what he had done she was very angry , and beat him with a stick which she had in her hand . ` That will teach you to sell my property , ' said she , when her arm was quite tired , but Ian her son answered her nothing , and went off to his bed , for he was very sore . That night he rose softly , and left the house carrying the gun with him . ' I will not stay here to be beaten , ' thought he , and he walked and he walked and he walked , till it was day again , and he was hungry and looked about him to see if he could get anything to eat . Not very far off was a farm-house , so he went there , and knocked at the door , and the farmer and his wife begged him to come in , and share their breakfast . ` Ah , you have a gun , ' said the farmer as the young man placed it in a corner . ` That is well , for a deer comes every evening to eat my corn , and I can not catch it . It is fortune that has sent you to me . ' ' I will gladly remain and shoot the deer for you , ' replied the youth , and that night he hid himself and watched till the deer came to the cornfield ; then he lifted his gun to his shoulder and was just going to pull the trigger , when , behold ! instead of a deer , a woman with long black hair was standing there .
At this sight his gun almost dropped from his hand XXXXX surprise , but as he looked , there was the deer eating the corn again .
So about as for in on since till to with