You must not imagine , however , that the swinish quality had entirely gone out of them . When once it fastens itself into a person 's character , it is very difficult getting rid of it . This was proved by the hamadryad , who , being exceedingly fond of mischief , threw another handful of acorns before the twenty-two newly-restored people ; whereupon down they wallowed in a moment , and gobbled them up in a very shameful way . Then , recollecting themselves , they scrambled to their feet , and looked more than commonly foolish . `` Thanks , noble Ulysses ! '' they cried . `` From brute beasts you have restored us to the condition of men again . '' `` Do not put yourselves to the trouble of thanking me , '' said the wise king . `` I fear I have done but little for you . '' To say the truth , there was a suspicious kind of a grunt in their voices , and , for a long time afterwards , they spoke gruffly , and were apt to set up a squeal . `` It must depend on your own future behavior , '' added Ulysses , `` whether you do not find your way back to the sty . '' At this moment , the note of a bird sounded from the branch of a neighboring tree . `` Peep , peep , pe -- wee -- e! '' It was the purple bird , who , all this while , had been sitting over their heads , watching what was going forward , and hoping that Ulysses would remember how he had done his utmost to keep him and his followers out of harm 's way . Ulysses ordered Circe instantly to make a king of this good little fowl , and leave him exactly as she found him . Hardly were the words spoken , and before the bird had time to utter another `` pe -- weep , '' King Picus leaped down from the bough of a tree , as majestic a sovereign as any in the world , dressed in a long purple robe and gorgeous yellow stockings , with a splendidly wrought collar about his neck , and a golden crown upon his head . He and King Ulysses exchanged with one another the courtesies which belong to their elevated rank . But from that time forth , King Picus was no longer proud of his crown and his trappings of royalty , nor of the fact of his being a king ; he felt himself merely the upper servant of his people , and that it must be his life-long labor to make them better and happier . As for the lions , tigers , and wolves -LRB- though Circe would have restored them to their former shapes at his slightest word -RRB- , Ulysses thought it advisable that they should remain as they now were , and thus give warning of their cruel dispositions , instead of going about under the guise of men , and pretending to human sympathies , while their hearts had the blood-thirstiness of wild beasts . So he let them howl as much as they liked , but never troubled his head about them . And , when everything was settled according to his pleasure , he sent to summon the remainder of his comrades , whom he had left at the sea-shore .
These being arrived , XXXXX the prudent Eurylochus at their head , they all made themselves comfortable in Circe 's enchanted palace , until quite rested and refreshed from the toils and hardships of their voyage .
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