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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
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nearly beside himself with joy atthe sight of the little master, lost for so many years,the count begged for news of his foster-mother andAbeille. Alas ! my lord, wrhere can you have been that youdo not know that the Princess Abeille was carried off bythe gnomes on the very day that you disappeared your-self ? At least, so we guess. Ah! that day has leftmany a mark on our duchess ! Yet she is not without agleam of hope that her daughter is living yet, for everynight the poor mother is visited by a dream which tellsher all that the princess is doing. The good man went on to tell of all the changes thatseven years had brought about in the village, but Youriheard nothing that he said, for his mind was busy withthoughts of Abeille. At length he roused himself, and ashamed of hisdelay, he hastened to the chamber of the duchess, whoheld him in her arms as if she would never let him go.By-and-by, however, when she became calmer, he beganto question her about Abeille, and how best to deliver
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&TAV RitL BE. IKDlhKS, THE STORY OF LITTLE KING LOG 61 her from the power of the gnomes. The duchess thentold him that she had sent out men in all directionsto look for the children directly they were found to bemissing, and that one of them had noticed a troop oflittle men far away on the mountains, evidently carryinga litter. He was hastening after them, when, at his feet,he beheld a tiny satin slipper, which he stooped to pickup. But as he did so a dozen of the gnomes hadswarmed upon him like flies, and beat him about thehead till he dropped the slipper, which they took awaywith them, leaving the poor man dizzy with pain. Whenhe recovered his senses the group on the mountain haddisappeared. That night, when everyone was asleep, Youri and hisold servant Francoeur stole softly down into the armoury,and dressed themselves in light suits of chain armour,with helmets and short swords, all complete. Thenthey mounted two horses that Francoeur had tied up inthe forest, and set forth fo

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