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happy for all your after life."
"Very well," said Ivan; and he immediately made ready for the journey.
As he reached the porch on his way out he saw a poor woman standing
directly in his path and holding a broken arm. The woman accosted him,
saying:
"I was told that you could cure me, and will you not please do so, as I
am powerless to do anything for myself?"
Ivan replied: "Very well, my poor woman; I will relieve you if I can."
He produced a root which he handed to the poor woman and told her to
swallow it.
She did as Ivan told her and was instantly cured, and went away
rejoicing that she had recovered the use of her arm.
Ivan's father and mother came out to wish him good luck on his journey,
and to them he told the story of the poor woman, saying that he
had given her his last root. On hearing this his parents were much
distressed, as they now believed him to be without the means of curing
the Czar's daughter, and began to scold him.
"You had pity for a beggar and gave no thought to the Czar's daughter,"
they said.
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