“You must have good ears. What is your name; and will you take service with me?”
“My name is Hearing Ear. I will go with you for good wages.”
“You will have five gold-pieces.”
“I am your man,” said Hearing Ear.
They went next to Laihy, where they found a man named Fis Wacfis (Wise man, Son of Knowledge), and he sitting at the roadside chewing his thumb.
“What are you doing there?” asked the red man.
“I am learning whatever I wish to know by chewing my thumb.”
“Take service with me, and come on the ship.”
He went on the same terms as the others, and they never stopped nor halted till they came to the castle of the king. They were outside the walls three days and three nights before any man spoke a word to them. At last the king sent a messenger to ask who were they and what brought them.