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Title: The olive fairy book
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill
Subjects: Fairy tales Folklore
Publisher: London New York : Longmans, Green
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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d a room atthe very end of a dark passage, was a beautiful princess,who was bound by an iron chain to an iron pillar. What evil fate brought you here ? he asked insurprise ; and the lady answered : It isnt much use for me to tell you lest my lotbecomes yours. I am not afraid of that. Tell me who you are andwhafc has brought you here, begged the prince. My story is not long, she said, smiling sadly. I ama princess from Arabia, and twelve robbers who dwellin this place are fighting among themselves as to whichshall have me to wife. Shall I save you ? asked the prince. And sheanswered: Yes ; but you cant do it. To begin with, how couldyou break the chain I am bound with ? Oh, thats easy enough, said he, taking out his sword ;and directly it touched the chain the links fell apart andthe princess was free. Come ! said the prince, taking her hand. But shedrew back. No, I dare not! she cried. If we should meet therobbers in the passage they would kill us both. relea&ed. prom the Irori yi
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PRINCE AND PRINCESS IN THE FOREST 265 Not they! said the prince, brandishing his sword. But how long have you been here ? he added quickly. About twenty years, I think, said the princess,reckoning with her fingers. Twenty years i exclaimed the prince. Then youhad better shut your eyes, for when you have been sittingthere so long it might hurt you to go too suddenly intothe daylight. So you are the Princess of Arabia, whosebeauty is famous throughout all the world ! I, too, ama prince. Will you not come back to Arabia and marry me,now you have saved my life ? asked the princess. Even if my father is living still, he must be old, andafter his death you can be king. No, replied the prince, I cannot do that—I mustlive and die in my own country. But at the end of ayear I will follow you and marry you. And that was allhe would say. Then the princess took a heavy ring from her fingerand put it on his. Her fathers and her mothers nameswere engraved in it, as well as her own, and she askedhi

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