A King There Was

I will sing you a man - but first there is the tender little story that must precede his history, as, if you would know why a sand castle is shaken down by the ripples from a pool, you must first know how the stone was thrown to cause the ripples. And this story is as told by Cloa the priest, so that there is in it none of the ringing strength of the legend Leonti handed down, but only such aching sweetness as is in opening buds and the scented winds of early spring.