The boy bowed to his father and mother.
“Let me go,” he said, “to seek my godfather. I want to find him and give him the Easter greeting.”
The father and mother gave their consent and the boy set out to find his godfather.
III
The boy left the house and set out on his way. About midday he met a stranger and the stranger stopped and said, “Good day to you, boy. Where are you going?”
And the boy said, “I went to my godmother to give her the Easter greeting and when I returned home I asked my parents where my godfather lived, because I wanted to give him the greeting too, but my parents said, ‘We don’t know where your godfather lives, dear son. We have not heard of him since you were christened and we don’t know anything about him, or whether he is alive at all.’ And I wanted to see my godfather, so I am going to find him.”
“I am your godfather,” the stranger said.
The boy rejoiced and gave him the Easter greeting.
“Where are you going to, godfather? If you are going in our direction come in to us, or if you are going home, may I come with you?”
And the stranger said, “I have no time to come to you now, because I have some business in the villages. I shall not be home until to-morrow, then you can come to me if you like.”