ðə bˈɔɪz pˈɛɹənts, ɐlˈɑːɹmd æt ðˈɪs, ɛŋklˈoʊz hˌɪm ɪn ɐ bˈɑːks wˌɪtʃ ðeɪ ɐbˈændən ɪnðə sˈiː, bˌʌt ðə bˈɑːks ɪz ɹᵻtɹˈiːvd baɪ ɐ fˈɪʃɚmən ænd dᵻlˈɪvɚd tʊ ɐ kˈɪŋ hˌuː ɐdˈɑːpts ðə bˈɔɪ.
The boy's parents, alarmed at this, enclose him in a box which they abandon in the sea, but the box is retrieved by a fisherman and delivered to a king who adopts the boy.