They tarried not to bid their fathers and mothers good-bye, or any friend they knew.

They only took certain moneys which their parents had, and garments that belonged unto their friends, whereby they might remember them when far away; and they took also the dog Ketmehr, which was the property of their neighbor Malchus, because the beast did run his head into a noose which one of the young men was carrying carelessly, and they had not time to release him; and they took also certain chickens that seemed lonely in the neighboring coops, and likewise some bottles of curious liquors that stood near the grocer's window; and then they departed from the city.

By-and-by they came to a marvelous cave in the Hill of Pion and entered into it and feasted, and presently they hurried on again.

But they forgot the bottles of curious liquors, and left them behind.

They traveled in many lands, and had many strange adventures.
They were virtuous young men, and lost no opportunity that fell in their way to make their livelihood.