The chiefs ... 20) (were excited) - each of them ... 21) ( hoped/had hoped) that the King ... 22) (would prefer) him to the others. They ... 23) (were) about... 24) (to quarrel) when King Edward ... 25) (appeared) on the balcony. Everybody ... 26) (kept) silent ... 27) (waiting) what the King ... 28) (would say). Chiefs and people of Wales, he ... 29) (began) - you ... 30) (say/are saying) you want ... 31) (to be ruled) by a man who ... 32) (was born) in Wales, who ... 33) (speaks) your language and ... 34) (does not know) a word of English, who ... 35) (is) honest and ... 36) (has done/would do/does/did/will do) nobody harm. If I ... 37) (offer/offered) you such a man, do you promise to obey him? We do, they answered. Here is such a man. It is my son. He ... 38) (was born) here in Wales a week ago, he ... 39) (does not know) a word of English, he ... 40) (has done) nobody harm. He ... 41) (is) Prince of Wales. Everybody ... 42) (kept) silent. The chiefs ... 43) (were disappointed) though each of them was happy that at least his rival ... 44) (had not been chosen). Ever since that time the elder son of the English King ... 45) (has been) Prince of Wales.
Here, the dog is alleged to have belonged to Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd, a gift from King John of England. In this legend, Llywelyn returns from hunting to find his baby missing, the cradle overturned, and the dog with a blood-smeared mouth. Believing the dog savaged the child, Llywelyn draws his sword and kills it. After the dog's dying yelp Llywelyn hears the cries of the baby, unharmed under the cradle, along with a dead wolf which had attacked the child and been killed by Gelert. Llywelyn is then overcome with remorse and he buries the dog with great ceremony, yet he can still hear the dying yelp. After that day Llywelyn never smiled again.
Chiefs and people of Wales, he ... 29) (began) - you ... 30) (say/are saying) you want ... 31) (to be ruled) by a man who ... 32) (was born) in Wales, who ... 33) (speaks) your language and ... 34) (does not know) a word of English, who ... 35) (is) honest and ... 36) (has done/would do/does/did/will do) nobody harm. If I ... 37) (offer/offered) you such a man, do you promise to obey him?
We do, they answered.
Here is such a man. It is my son. He ... 38) (was born) here in Wales a week ago, he ... 39) (does not know) a word of English, he ... 40) (has done) nobody harm. He ... 41) (is) Prince of Wales.
Everybody ... 42) (kept) silent. The chiefs ... 43) (were disappointed) though each of them was happy that at least his rival ... 44) (had not been chosen).
Ever since that time the elder son of the English King ... 45) (has been) Prince of Wales.