Ludo just said: "Thank you, sir," very humbly, and followed the horse.
Before he had gone three steps one of the boys said earnestly: "Sir, if he is going on a quest, and such a quest, should he not have with him a charm, or a spell, such as a ring or a goblet..."
"Or a shield that turns enemies to stone," said another.
"Or a ball of twine that will lead him by the right path," cried a third.
The Archer shook his head. He gave that little double swish of the tail again, and his voice was more human than before.
"Enough of charms and magic. It is his own nature which will bring him home, even as it brought him here. To be clever is one thing, to be true and brave is another, and if a peasant´s son has that, why, he has less need of charms and weapons than a king..."
(Mary Stewart - Ludo and the Star Horse)
This is a pure piece of classic, great work with symbols, and the story has fine lines typical for novels with primal signs where everything else in literature is compared to them...
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