Identifier: woodcutterssonot00higg (find matches)
Title: The woodcutter's son, and other English tales retold;
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Higgins, Violet Moore
Subjects: Fairy tales, English
Publisher: Racine (etc.) Whitman Pub. Co
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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d, and this Werdondid, with the help of the little men inthe snuff box. By this time the yovuigman had declared his love for the gen-tlemans daughter, and she had vowedshe would wed none but Werdon. Soher father agreed to consent to the wed-ding, after the suitor should have done 18 THE WOODCUTTERS SON one more task. This was the huildmg,in one night, of a great palace whichshould stand up out of the water ontwelve golden pillars. Werdon and hishelpers accomplished it with ease, sothat the rising sun shone on the glit-tering golden walls of the magic palace. So the woodcutters son married thegentlemans daughter, and there wasmuch feasting and rejoicing, and for atime they were very happy. Now, Werdon had a servant whoseduty it was to take care of his mas-ters many beautiful suits, and one daythe servant accidentally discovered thegolden snuff box. Werdon usually carriedit everywhere with him, but in changinghis clothes hastily, he had forgotten it. The servant, cpiite over-mastered by
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SHE FALLS IN LOVE WITH WERDON THE WOODCUTTERS SON 21 his curiosity, opened the hox and outpopped the three httle men. Master, what is your will? theycried as one person. Now it happened that Werdon andall the other men guests were out hunt-ing, so the tricky servant, who saw atonce the secret of his masters power,said to them: Take this palace, and me with it,far over the sea. At once it was done, so that whenthe hunting party returned there was nopalace, and worst of all there was nolovely bride. Everyone was very angrywith poor Werdon, but after some littletalk among themselves, it was decided toallow him a year in which to find tlielost palace. 22 THE WOODCUTTERS SON So he set out on horseback, with apurse of gold m his pocket, and whenhe had journeyed for days and weeks,over hill and dale he came to the pal-ace of the King of all the Mice. HereWerdon entered after some little parleywith the mouse sentries scattered throughthe palace. Presently he was broughtbefore the king, to who

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