- The Prouds 46
where he used to live and took him to the garden of
happiness. Despite she was a slave, he treated her as his
peer because he had never loved anyone or anything so
much and he used to respect slaves and treat them as his
peers because his mother was a slave once. He felt that if
all the happiness in the universe was to gather in the heart
of one man, it would not compare to the happiness he felt.
He did everything for her and respected her.
Whenever she was sad, he would try to make her happy. He
would apologize if he unintentionally upset her, which
hardly ever happened.
One day, the king and Heather led a cortege to visit
a minister who invited the king to a horse farm of his.
The king spent the day with Heather there. As they
were riding horses, touring the farm and having fun, the
minister brought one of his horses. It was a very beautiful
black horse that shone under sunlight. It had a wide white
stripe on its forehead. The king and Heather liked the horse
as soon as they saw it.
“This, My Lord, is my favorite horse. I bought it for
sixty golden coins,” said the minister. “I would not
exchange it for all the treasures in the world. I call it Beuta
and love it so much.”
He paused then added, “Why don’t you ride it, My
Lord, and enjoy its company?”
“Very well,” said the king then rode Beuta around
the farm.
After a while he returned to Heather, “Would you
like to try it?”
She replied, “Of course. It is so beautiful.”