The Voyages of Sindbad (11)

The Voyages of Sindbad (11)  First Voyage

  Presently I reached a great plain where grazing horse was tethered, and as I stood looking at it I heard voices talking apparently underground, and in a moment a man appeared who asked me how I came upon the island.

  I told him my adventures, and heard in return that he was one of the grooms of Mihrage, King of the island, and that each year they came to feed their master's horses in this plain.

  He took me to a cave where all his companions were assembled, and when I had eaten the food they set before me, they told me to think myself fortunate to have come upon them when I did, since they were going back to their master the next day, and without their aid I could certainly never have found my way to the inhabited part of the island.

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