At last he made a sign that this kind of divination was ended; and pronounced that the Khan’s talisman was not in possession of any man.
“And now,” said he, “let us try the divination of the earth.” With that, he set out to make a circuit of the Khan’s dwelling. Stepping on and on from place to place, he continued to seem consulting the pig’s head, till he came to the place in the yard where the dung-heap was; and here, assuming an imposing attitude, he turned round, and said mysteriously, “Here somewhere must be found the Khan’s talisman.” But when he had turned the heap over, and brought the talisman itself to light, the people knew not how to contain themselves for wonderment, and went about crying,—
“The Pig’s head diviner hath divined wonderful things! The Pig’s head diviner hath divined wonderful things!”
But the Khan called to him, and said,—
“Tell me how I shall reward thee for that thou hast restored my talisman to me.”
But he, who did not exert himself to think of any thing but just of what was most present to his mind, answered,—
“Let there be given me, O Khan, the raiment, and the horse, the fox, the dog, and the bow and arrows which I have lost.”
When the Khan heard him ask for nothing save his horse and dog, and raiment, and a fox, and bows and arrows, he said,—
“Of a truth this is a singular soothsayer. Nevertheless, let there be given him over and above the things that he hath required of us two elephants laden with meal and butter.”
So they gave him all the things he had required and two elephants laden with meal and butter to boot. Thus they brought him back unto his own home.