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He rode on, and after a while it seemed to him that he heard a

voice in the sand at his feet. He listened, and heard an ant-king

complain: 'Why cannot folks, with their clumsy beasts, keep off

our bodies? That stupid horse, with his heavy hoofs, has been

treading down my people without mercy!' So he turned on to a side

path and the ant-king cried out to him: 'We will remember

you--one good turn deserves another!'