Wu bowed.
“But this time I shall not enter the courtyard,” the youth added.
“As you will,” Wu said reverently.
The dragon youth then handed the boy a single scale which he had taken from the horse’s neck, and said: “Keep this and I shall remember you.”
Then he rode away and vanished from sight.
The boy re-entered the house. He awoke his father [[93]]and said: “The storm is over and the dragon has returned to his pool.”[25]
Yin embraced his son, and together they went to inform the old woman. She awoke, sat up, and listened to all that was said to her. When she learned that the dragon youth had again appeared and had spoken to Wu, she asked: “Did he give you ought before he departed?”
Wu opened a small wooden box and showed her the scale that had been taken from the neck of the dragon horse.
The woman was well pleased, and said: “When the Emperor sends for you, all will be well.”
Yin was astonished to hear these words, and exclaimed: “Why should the Emperor send for my boy?”