Chapter 41: “Upsilon”

Negotiations
between the bluffing merchant
and the thieves began.

The princess whispered, “Ask them 
why they want the gold so bad.”

The merchant asked them,
and one thief said, “Don’t you know?
Boötes sold it.”

Another thief said, “Leave them,
the king may be on his way!”

The princess whispered,
“They are not completely wrong.
My guards are nearby.”

The foolish robbers shouted,
Forget the gold, take the wine!”

♈

To be continued!