They shall pay you. As I am chief here, they shall pay you.
POWHATAN. Your white braves take our corn from us. They will not let us
fish in our own rivers.
SMITH. I did not know such wrongs were done you. My braves shall pay for
everything in full.
POWHATAN. Then there shall be peace between us. Bring the peace pipe,
braves. We will smoke in friendship with our brothers.
SMITH. And Pocahontas will be pardoned? You will take her back as your
own daughter?
POWHATAN. Pocahontas will be pardoned, white chief. She shall come and
go, as she may please, between our wigwams and yours, my brother.
_[A brave comes with the peace pipe, which he gives to Powhatan, who
hands it to Captain Smith._]
SMITH (_taking pipe_). 'Tis for eternal peace between us!
KING ALFRED AND THE CAKES
[Footnote: The teacher should explain that King Alfred was one of the
most famous and best beloved kings of England, and that while he was
king the Danes were trying to conquer England. At the time of the story,
he had been defeated by the Danes, and was compelled to hide with a few
followers in the forest to avoid falling into the hands of the enemy.]
TIME: _More than a thousand years ago._
PLACE: _a forest in England._
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KING ALFRED.
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