" oh , it is for good cause i am crying . as many children as these i should have , and now i am withered , grey , at the end of my life , and i have not one at all . " " oh , belike , you will yet have plenty . " i told him all i went through , and i gave him the child in his hand , and : " these are your other children who were stolen from you , whom i am giving to you safe . they are gently reared . " when the king heard who they were , he smothered them with kisses and drowned them with tears , and dried them with fine cloths , silken , and the hairs of his own head , and so also did their mother , and great was his welcome for me , as it was i who found them all . and the king said to me , " i will give you your own child , as it is you who have earned him best ; but you must come to my court every year , and the child with you , and i will share with you my possessions . " " oh , i have enough of my own , and after my death i will leave it to the child . " i spent a time till my visit was over , and i told the king all the troubles i went through , only i said nothing about my wife . and now you have the story of the death of anshgayliacht , the hag 's son . and morraha thanked rough niall for the story , and he struck the ground with the sword of light , and brown allree was beside of him and she said to him , " sit up , now , riding , and take good heed of yourself , " and at one leap she cleared the sea and at the next the three miles of hill covered with steel thistles and at the third the three miles of fire , and then he was home and he told the tale of the death of anshgayliacht to the slender red champion and gave him the sword of light , and he was well pleased to get them , and he took the spells of morraha , and he had his wife and his castle back again , and by - and - by the five children ; but he never put his hand to card - playing with strangers again .
come to the king 's court every year , and the child with him .
what did the man have to do every year ?
what did the man have to do every year ?