Only thirty people at a time were allowed in to see me. I walked about the table as the girl ordered and answered her questions in their own language. I bowed to the spectators said they were welcome and used some other words I had been taught. I drank from a thimble full of water and then, drawing my sword, waved it around my head. There were many other tricks I did. In one day I was shown to twelve groups of people and forced to perform the same spectacle each time, until I was almost dead with tiredness. Those who had seen me gave such wonderful de- scriptions of me that the people outside the room tried to break down the door in order to get in. My master would not allow anyone to touch me and kept everyone away from the table on which I performed. However a schoolboy threw a nut at me which almost hit my head and would certainly