d take with him one of his own pages, named Mousta,
who was charged to attend to him everywhere, and serve him faithfully,
which he promised to do.

The wind being favourable they were soon out of hearing of the general
howl of regret from the whole army, which had been given by order of
the King, as a great compliment, and it was not long before the land
was entirely lost to view. They met with no further adventures worth
speaking of, and presently found themselves within two leagues of the
harbour for which they were making. The Prince, however, thought it
would suit him better to land where he was, so as to avoid the town,
since he had no money left and was very doubtful as to what he should
do next. So the sailors set him and Mousta on shore, and then went back
sorrowfully to their ship, while the Prince and his attendant walked off
in what looked to them the most promising direction. They soon reached
a lovely green meadow on the border of a wood, which seemed to them so
pleasant after their long voyage that they sat down to rest in the shade
and amused themselves by watching the gambols and antics of a pretty
tiny monkey in the trees close by. The Prince presently became so
fascinated by it that he sprang up and tried to catch it, but it eluded
his grasp and kept just out of arm's reach, until it had made him
promise to follow wherever it led him, and then it sprang upon his
shoulder and whispered in his ear:

'We have no money, my poor Mannikin, and we are altogether badly off,
and at a loss to know what to do next.'

'Yes, indeed,' answered the Prince ruefully, 'and I have nothing to give
you, no sugar or biscuits, or anything that you like, my pretty one.'

'Since you are so thoughtful for me, and so patient about your own
affairs,' said the little monkey, 'I will show you the way to the Golden
Rock, only you must leave Mousta to wait for you here.'

Prince Mannikin agreed willingly, and then the little monkey sprang from
his shoulder to the nearest tree, and began to run through the wood from
branch to branch, crying, 'Follow me.'

This the Prince did not find quite so easy, but the little monkey waited
for him and showed him the easiest places, until presently the wood grew
thinner and they came out into a little clear grassy space at the foot
of a mountain, in the midst of which stood a single rock, about ten feet
high. When they were quite close to it the little monkey said:

'This stone looks pretty