"He says BEGGARS MUSTN'T BE CHOOSERS," replied Laban.
'Allow me, my father, to go and give alms to the beggars.'
On the way he met three beggars, who asked him: 'Where are you going, Vassili?'
"Chase people who carry canes, bark at beggars, and fawn on the people of the house.
But it was easy to see that they were not ordinary beggars, and she was kind-hearted and wanted to help them.
So much that, did I meet the queen, Her glory I should know: But this must be a different wealth, To miss it beggars so.
And so now we have hit upon the idea of shutting up the beggars in such special buildings, so that they may not roam about the streets and stir up our consciences."
After that, Boots pulled out his table- cloth, and spread it out, and so they got food too, the poor beggars. Such a feast had never been seen at the king's palace, as was served that day at the Beggars' Isle.
He went to church, and walked about the streets, and watched the people hurrying to and fro, and patted the children on the head, and questioned beggars, and looked down into the kitchens of houses, and up to the windows; and found that everything could yield him pleasure.
The fourth,--a sort of fox-hound,--which, as a puppy, had belonged to a poor man, always seemed to recognise beggars and ill-dressed passengers as old familiar friends, growling at well-attired strangers, barking vehemently at gigs, and becoming almost frantic with rage at a four-wheeled carriage.