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outl0strokewidth0 strokec2 At last, the king summoned the soothsayers and asked them why at his son's birth they had not mentioned any threatening signs of this affliction. Not understanding Temiya's behavior but unwilling to admit their ignorance, they explained that they had not dared cast a shadow on the king's joy when, after so many years, he had been given a son. But now, fearing for the safety of the country should an apparent idiot be named heir to the throne, they predicted dangers to the king's life if Temiya were allowed to remain in the kingdom. Alerted by their words, the king asked what he should do. They advised him in this way: 'You must yoke some horses to a chariot, send your son away in it, passing by the western gate, to a graveyard, and there he must be buried.'}