Chapter 2, Cantrev Cadiffor, Summary

As Taran and Gurgi continue on their journey, they come into the Valley Cantrevs and run into a group of bandits who insist on taking their horses in the name of their lord, Lord Goryon. Taran puts up a verbal fight, telling them the horse, though of nobler blood than an assistant pig-keeper could possibly own, was a gift from a lord. The men do not believe him and begin a fight, ending it by taking the animals. Another man had joined the fight, a kind man who takes Taran and Gurgi home with him. The man and his wife tell Taran how they had had a son who died in a battle with some raiders. They struggle now, attempting to work land that requires more hands than they have available. Taran feels bad for them and wants to...