Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12)

be well that he should return home for a little, there to lay in a stock of money and

y, coming from a thicket he fanci

ant of help," thought Don Quixote. "I thank Heaven for so

another was a lad of fifteen, all naked above the waist. By his side stood a countryman beating him with a strap, and wit

ain. Quickly Don Quix

unworthy act to strike one who cannot defend himself. Mount thy steed, t

arelessness many of the sheep that he should have watched had been lost, and that therefore he was giving him a soun

above us, I have a mind to run you through with my spear. Pay the

the man owed him n

l, unless you want to be k

he did not owe nearly so much, and besides, he had no money with h

k worth two of that. No sooner will he have me ho

and that is enough. If he swears by his order of knighthood to d

"Come along with me. Andres, and

am Don Quixote de la Mancha, the righter of w

ed spurs to his horse, and g

t of sight. Then, turning, he said "Come, my

ou do, for if you do not, that brav

show how much I love you, I am going to increase

he arm, tied him again to the tree,

righter of wrongs. I wish I had

ixote's first attem

where he had freed the boy he saw riding towards him six men, each shading himsel

n it struck him that here was the chance for

. Then, "Halt!" shouted he. "Let all know that no man shall pass further till he owns that

ir way to buy silks), "we do not know the lady. We have n

t know the beauteous Lady Dulcinea del Toboso! Tha

rove his spurs into "Rozinante," and

on Quixote over and over. There the Knight lay helpless, the weight of his armor preventing him from rising to his feet. But as he lay,

r, which he broke in pieces. Then with each piece he belabored the poor Knight till the broken lance flew into splinters.

d him on his donkey and took him home. When at last they reached Don Quixote's hous

and the Barber came and burned nearly all

that the poor gentleman has lost his mind, and i

books, and the door of Don Qu

own the house he searched without saying a word, and often he would stand where the door of the study use

t study? There is no study in

went into your study. What he did there we know not. But after a time he flew out of the roof, leavi

. He is a famous enchanter, and my bitter enemy. But