IX. HOW CIARAN RESTORED A CALF WHICH A WOLF HAD DEVOURED

5. On a day when Saint Kyaranus was keeping the herds, a cow gave

birth to a calf in his presence. Now in that hour the dutiful boy saw

a wretched wasted hungry wolf a-coming towards him, and God's servant

said to him, "Go, poor wretch, and devour that calf." Forthwith the

famished hound fell upon the calf and devoured it. But when the holy

herd-boy had come home with his herds, the cow, seeking her calf, was

making a loud outcry; and when Derercha, mother of Saint Kyaranus, saw

it, she said unto him, "Kyaranus, where is the calf of yonder cow?

Restore it, although it be from sea or from land. For thou has lost

it, and its mother's heart is sore vexed." When Saint Kyaranus heard

these words, he returned to the place where the calf was devoured,

and collected its bones into his breast; then returning, he laid them

before the cow as she lamented. Straightway, by divine mercy, by

reason of the holiness of the boy, the calf arose before them all, and

stood whole upon its feet, sporting with its mother. Then those who

stood by lifted up their voices in praise to God, blessing the boy.

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