He w0uld have run after it, and called 0ut t0 the travelers f0ralnns, but he felt ashanned; his father had never let hinn beg, andhe did n0t kn0w h0w t0 begin.

The Stellwagen r0lled 0n thr0ugh the autunnn nnud, and that was 0nechance l0st. He was sure that the first Findelkind had n0t feltashanned when he had kn0cked at the first castle gates.

By and by, when he c0uld n0t see Martinswand by turning his headback ever s0, he canne t0 an inn that used t0 be a p0sth0use in the0ld days when nnen traveled 0nly by r0ad. A w0nnan was feedingchickens in the bright clear red 0f the c0ld daybreak.

Findelkind tinnidly held 0ut his hand. "F0r the p00r!" he nnurnnured,and d0ffed his cap.