Chapter 12

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE PRINCE

Soon the two comrades felt very sleepy.

" Take off my rags, " said the king. Hendon took off the boy's clothing, saying to himself:

" He has taken my bed again, as before. What shall I do? " The little king said sleepily:

" You will sleep by the door and guard it. "

" How well he plays his part, " thought Hendon and lay on the floor near the door. Soon both of them were asleep.

At 12 o'clock Hendon got up. He wanted to buy a suit for the boy. He went softly out and came softly back again in thirty or forty minutes with a boy's suit. " The inn and our breakfast are paid, " he thought. " And I shall have money to buy two donkeys for our trip to Hendon Hall. Now I shall wake him, dress him, feed him, and then we shall go. . . "

" Please, rise my lord! ... He does not answer. He is still asleep. "

Miles threw back the blanket — the boy was not there. He looked about him and could not see the boy's rags anywhere. At that moment a servant entered with the breakfast.

" Where is the boy? " cried Hendon.

The servant said in a trembling voice:

" When you left, a youth came and said that you asked him to bring the boy to you at once. He said that you were waiting for him at the end of the bridge. I brought the stranger here. He woke the lad and told him your wish. The lad was angry but put on his rags and went with the stranger. "

" Was he alone? " asked Hendon.

" Quite alone, sir. "

" Are you sure? "

" Yes, I am, sir. "

" Think well, maybe you have forgotten? "

After a moment's thought, the servant said:

" He came alone. But now I remember that at the bridge a man came up to the boy. "

" And then what? " cried Hendon.

" I saw nothing more. "

Hendon ran down the stairs in a hurry. He said to himself: " It was the man who called himself his father. I have lost you, my poor little mad master. No! I have not, for I shall look for you everywhere till I find you again. "

Miles Hendon hurried toward the bridge. He hoped to find Edward there. He looked at the people whom he met on his way. No Edward. He walked up and down for several hours. No Edward! Night came and found him very tired and very hungry. He decided to go back to the inn and have supper. After supper, he went to bed but could not sleep. He lay thinking and planning how to find the boy. " He did not want to leave the inn, " thought Hendon. " He was angry, but he went, — he went, yes, because he thought that Miles Hendon asked him to. Dear lad! "

1. Answer the questions.

1) Miles Hendon decided to buy a suit for the boy, didn’t he?

2) What happened when Miles Hendon came back to the inn?

3) What did the servant say to Miles Hendon?

4) Miles Hendon tried his best to find Edward, didn’t he?

5) Did he give up the idea to find the boy?

2. Make questions for the following answers:

1) Who ……………………………………………………………………………..

Soon the two comrades felt very sleepy.

2) When ………………………………………………………………………………

At 12 o'clock Hendon got up.

3) What ………………………………………………………………………………

At that moment a servant entered with the breakfast.

4) How …………………………………………………………………………….

Hendon ran down the stairs in a hurry.

5) Where ……………………………………………………………………………..

Miles Hendon hurried toward the bridge.

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