g-wulfing-author:———“Why is that, do you think?” the prince asked then

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“Why is that, do you think?” the prince asked then. “Why are horses more beautiful, more noble, than we are?”

Afif thought some more.

“Because they are honest, Your Highness,” he ventured, still keeping his voice quiet as the night demanded. “They do not try to be anything other than what they are. But they try to be the best they can be. And they never scorn any other living thing for being what it is.”

Again the stable-boy risked glancing at the prince, and again he saw the prince beaming at him.

“A good answer,” the prince said softly.

— From The Vine, by G. Wulfing.