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 , with 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 . THE POMEGRANATE SEEDS . Mother Ceres was exceedingly fond of her daughter Proserpina , and seldom let her go alone into the fields . But , just at the time when my story begins , the good lady was very busy , because she had the care of the wheat , and the Indian corn , and the rye and barley and , in short , of the crops of every kind , all over the earth ; and as the season had thus far been uncommonly backward , it was necessary to make the harvest ripen more speedily than usual . So she put on her turban , made of poppies -LRB- a kind of flower which she was always noted for wearing -RRB- , and got into her car drawn by a pair of winged dragons , and was just ready to set off . `` Dear mother , '' said Proserpina , `` I shall be very lonely while you are away . May I not run down to the shore , and ask some of the sea nymphs to come up out of the waves and play with me ? '' `` Yes , child , '' answered Mother Ceres . `` The sea nymphs are good creatures , and will never lead you into any harm . But you must take care not to stray away from them , nor go wandering about the fields by yourself . Young girls , without their mothers to take care of them , are very apt to get into mischief . '' The child promised to be as prudent as if she were a grown-up woman ; and , by the time the winged dragons had whirled the car out of sight , she was already on the shore , calling to the sea nymphs to come and play with her . They knew Proserpina 's voice , and were not long in showing their glistening faces and sea-green hair above the water , at the bottom of which was their home .
They brought along with them a great many beautiful shells ; and sitting down on the moist sand , where the surf wave broke over them , they busied themselves XXXXX making a necklace , which they hung round Proserpina 's neck .
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