ROMULUS AND REMUS
Then said their grandfather, King Numitor: "Strive not together over this thing, but let the all-seeing gods decide. Go up, either of you, to the top of one of these mountains, and look abroad upon the earth and sky, and the gods shall send a sign whereby ye may know who is chosen king."
So Romulus and Remus went each to the top of one of the hills by the Tiber, and they looked abroad upon the earth and sky, all fair and bright in the sunny April weather.
Remus first came back to his grandfather, and he was flushed with triumph.
"Victory!" he cried. "The gods have chosen me as king, for I have seen six vultures flying in the sky."
"Wait," said King Numitor; "do nothing rashly; let us hear what thy brother hath seen."
As he spoke Romulus strode into the hall and bowed before his grandfather.
"Speak," said King Numitor. "What hast thou seen from thy mountain-top?"