the father answered : " my son , you know not what you ask . if you get up now , all your glory will depart . wait patiently a little longer . you have but three days more , and your term will be completed . you know it is for your own good , and i encourage you to persevere . shall not your aged father live to see you a star among the chieftains and the beloved of battle ? " the son assented ; and covering himself more closely , that he might shut out the light which prompted him to complain , he lay till the eleventh day , when he repeated his request . the father addressed iadilla as he had the day before , and promised that he would himself prepare his first meal , and bring it to him by the dawn of the morning . the son moaned , and the father added : " will you bring shame upon your father when his sun is falling in the west ? " " i will not shame you , my father , " replied iadilla ; and he lay so still and motionless that you could only know that he was living by the gentle heaving of his breast . " regret not , my father , the change you behold . i shall be happier in my present state than i could have been as a man . i shall always be the friend of men , and keep near their dwellings . i shall ever be happy and contented ; and although i could not gratify your wishes as a warrior , it will be my daily aim to make you amends for it as a harbinger of peace and joy . i will cheer you by my songs , and strive to inspire in others the joy and lightsomeness of heart i feel in my present state . this will be some compensation to you for the loss of glory you expected . i am now free from the cares and pains of human life . my food is spontaneously furnished by the mountains and fields , and my pathway of life is in the bright air . " then stretching himself on his toes , as if delighted with the gift of wings , iadilla caroled one of his sweetest songs , and flew away into a neighboring wood . 
iadilla did not become a star among the chieftains and the beloved of battle .
how did iadilla fail to gratify his father's wishes as a warrior ?
how did iadilla fail to gratify his father's wishes as a warrior ?