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Identifier: violetfairybook00lang (find matches)
Title: The violet fairy book
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill
Subjects: Folklore Fairy tales
Publisher: London New York : Longmans, Green
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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ht it was their own prince comeback to them, and they gathered round him, as they hadgathered round his youngest brother, and asked himwhere he had been and why he had not returned. Andthey led him to the kings palace, but the princess knewthat he was not her husband. So when they were alonetogether she besought him to go and seek for his brotherand bring him home. Calling his beasts round him, heset out and wandered through the woods. And he puthis ear down to the earth, to listen if he could hear thesound of his brothers beasts. And it seemed to him asif he heard a faint sound far off, but he did not know fromwhat direction it came. So he blew on his hunting hornand listened again. And again he heard the sound, andthis time it seemed to come from the direction of a fireburning in the wood. So he went towards the fire, andthere the old woman was raking sticks and leaves into theembers. And he asked her if he might spend the nightbeside her fire. But she told him she was afraid of his
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THREE PRINCES AND THEIR BEASTS 51 beasts, and he must first allow her to give each of them astroke with her rod. But he answered her : 4 Certainly not. I arn their master, and no one shallstrike them but I myself. Give me the rod; and hetouched the fox with it, and in a moment it was turnedinto stone. Then he knew that the old woman was awitch, and he turned to her and said: * Unless you restore my brothers and their beasts backto life at once, my lion will tear you in pieces. Then the witch was terrified, and taking a young oaktree she burnt it into white ashes, and sprinkled the asheson the stones that stood around. And in a moment thetwo princes stood before their brother, and their beastsstood round them. Then the three princes set off together to the town.And the king did not know which was his son-in-law,but the princess knew which was her husband, and therewere great rejoicings throughout the laud. 52 THE GOATS EAES OF THE EMPEROR TROJAN ONCE upon a time there lived an emperor

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