_Fintain._ Well, forget it again, and I will tell you about Aoife’s country. It is full of wonders. There are a great many Queens there who can change themselves into wolves and into swine and into white hares, and when they are in their own shapes they are stronger than almost any man; and there are young men there who have cat’s eyes and if a bird chirrup or a mouse squeak they cannot keep them shut, even though it is bedtime and they sleepy; and listen, for this is a great wonder, a very great wonder: there is a long narrow bridge, and when anybody goes to cross it, that the Queens do not like, it flies up as this bench would if you were to sit on the end of it. Everybody who goes there to learn skill in arms has to cross it. It was in that country too that Cuchullain got his spear made out of dragon bones. There were two dragons fighting in the foam of the sea, and their grandam was the moon, and nine Queens came along the shore. _Barach._ I won’t listen to your story. _Fintain._ It is a very wonderful story. Wait till you hear what the nine Queens did. Their right hands were all made of silver. _Barach._ No, I will have my dinner first. You have eaten the fowl I left in front of the fire. The last time you sent me to steal something you made me forget all about it till you had eaten it up. _Fintain._ No, there is plenty for us both. _Barach._ Come with me where it is. _Fintain._ [_Who is being led towards the door at the back by BARACH._] O, it is all right, it is in a safe place. _Barach._ It is a fine fowl. It was the biggest in the yard. _Fintain._ It had a good smell, but I hope that the wild dogs have not smelt it. [_Voices are heard outside the door at the side._] Here is our master. Let us stay and talk with him. Perhaps Cuchullain will give you a new cap with a feather. He told me that he would give you a new cap with a feather, a feather with an eye that looks at you, a peacock’s feather. _Barach._ No, no. [_He begins pulling FINTAIN towards the door._ _Fintain._ If you do not get it now, you may never get it, for the young man may kill him. _Barach._ No, no, I am hungry. What a head you have, blind man! Who but you would have remembered that the hen-wife slept for a little at noon every day! _Fintain._ [_Who is being led along very slowly and unwillingly._] Yes, I have a good head. The fowl should be done just right, but one never knows when a wild dog may come out of the woods. [_They go out through the big door at the back. As they go out CUCHULLAIN and certain YOUNG KINGS come in at the side door. CUCHULLAIN, though still young, is a good deal older than the others. They are all very gaily dressed, and have their hair fastened with balls of gold. The young men crowd about CUCHULLAIN with wondering attention._ _First Young King._ You have hurled that stone beyond our utmost mark Time after time, but yet you are not weary.