The Duke and the King

Two or three days and nights went by and nothing much happened.

We travelled at night when it was dark and everybody was asleep.

We didn't want anyone to see Jim and ask questions about him.

Then, one morning, just after it was light, I found a little canoe, so I got into it and went over to the side of the river.

I was looking round, when, suddenly, two men ran through the trees.

'Help!' they cried.'There are men and dogs trying to catch us. But we've done nothing wrong!'

One of the men was about seventy years old; the other was about thirty, and they both had very old, dirty clothes.

I said they could come with me, and we ran quickly back to the canoe.

Back on the raft we talked for a time and then the young man said, 'My friends, I think I can tell you my secret now.