chater fifteen rabadah the ridicu (第13/18页)
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own. This was because, not daring to go more than ten miles from Tashbaan, he could never go on a war himself: and he didn t want his Tarkaans to win fame in the wars at his expense, for that is the way Tisrocs get overthrown. But though his reasons were selfish, it made things much more comfortable for all the smaller countries round Calormen. His own people never forgot that he had been a donkey. During his reign, and to his face, he was called Rabadash the Peacemaker, but after his death and behind his back he was called Rabadash the Ridiculous, and if you look him up in a good History of Calormen try the local library you will find him under that name. And to this day in Calormene schools, if you do anything unusually stupid, you are very likely to be called"a second Rabadash".
Meanwhile at Anvard everyone was very glad that he had been disposed of before the real fun began, which was a grand feast held that evening on the lawn before the castle, with dozens of lanterns to h