"Before the wind the grass is tipsy."
The King, delighted, praised him for his skill and made him a special
graduate on the spot, gave him his diploma, flowers for his hat,
and issued a proclamation saying that he had passed the Al-song
Examination. At once he ordered for him the head-gear, the red coat,
a horse to ride on, two boys to go before, flute-players and harpers,
saying, "Go now to the picnic-party and show yourself."
While the picnickers were thus engaged, suddenly they heard the sound
of flutes and harps, and they questioned as to what it could mean. This
was not the time for new graduates to go abroad. While they looked,
behold, here came a victorious candidate, dressed in ceremonial robes,
heralded by boys, and riding on the King's palfrey, to greet them. On
closer view they saw that it was the uncouth countryman whom they had
left behind at the Temple. They asked what it meant, and then learned,
to their amazement, that the King had so honoured him. The company,
in consternation and surprise, broke up and returned home at once.
This special graduate became later, through the favour of the King,
a great and noted man.
Im Bang.