Kitap 1
4.9
This time, however, his uncle also reproved him, for he had witnessed his foolhardiness. But for all his scolding, Cyrus nevertheless asked his permission to carry home and present to his grandfather all the game that he had taken himself. And his uncle, they say, replied: But if he finds out that you have been giving chase, he will chide not only you but me also for allowing you to do so. And if he choose, said Cyrus, let him flog me, provided only I may give him the game. And you, uncle, said he, may punish me in any way you please—only grant me this favour.And finally Cyaxares said, though with reluctance: Do as you wish; for now it looks as if it were you who are our king.
4.10
So Cyrus carried the animals in and gave them to his grandfather, saying that he had himself taken this game for him. As for the hunting spears, though he did not show them to him, he laid them down all blood-stained where he thought his grandfather would see them. And then Astyages said: Well, my boy, I am glad to accept what you offer me; however, I do not need any of these things enough for you to risk your life for them. Well then, grandfather, said Cyrus, if you doHe distributes the game among his age-fellows not need them, please give them to me, that I may divide them among my boy friends. All right, my boy, said Astyages, take both this and of the rest of the game as much as you wish and give it to whom you will.
