"HERE IS MEDICINE FOR YOU"
"You are welcome; I have been expecting you for many days," and the Golden Hearted held out his hand in a friendly manner.
"How is your body, and how is your health?" again asked the visitor, seating himself by the bedside.
"I am exceedingly sick. All my body is in pain, and I cannot move my hands nor my feet."
"The medicine I have is good and wholesome. If you will drink it you will be healed and eased at heart." As he said this, the wizard held up a small silver cup and put a white powder in it. "Drink this and you will then have in mind the toils and fatigues of death, and of your departure."
"Where have I to go?" cried his listener in surprise.
"To Tlapalla (which was their name for the Happy Island), where The Old Man of the Sea is waiting for you. He has much to tell you, and when you return you will be young and handsome. Indeed you will be a mere boy again." Seeing that the Golden Hearted merely stared at him, he said: "Sir, drink this medicine."
But the sick man did not wish to do so.
"Drink, my lord, or you will be sorry for it hereafter," urged the wizard.