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Title: The yellow fairy book
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
Subjects: Fairy tales
Publisher: London : New York : Longmans, Green, And Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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f his black friend. FuU of hope he hurried acrossthe bridge, and recognised at once the spot where the castle was tostand, for spades, hammers, axes, and every other building imple-ment lay scattered on the ground ready for the workmans hand,but of gold, silver, and precious stones there was not a sign. Butbefore the Prince had time to feel despondent the black girlbeckoned to him in the distance from behind a rock, where she hadhidden herself for fear her mother should catch sight of her. Fullof joy the youth hurried towards her, and begged her aid andcounsel in the new piece of work he had been given to do. But this time the Fairy had watched the Princes movementsfrom her window, and she saw him hiding himself behind the rockwith her daughter. She uttered a piercing shriek so that the moun-tains re-echoed with the sound of it, and the terrified pair hadhardly dared to look out from their hiding-place when the enragedwoman, with her dress and hair flying in the wind, harried over the
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nn: I:LACK OII;L slurs TIIK urnn WITH A r.n m 1111: UOCK THE GLASS AXE 145 bridge of clouds. The Prince at once gave hirn&elf up for lost,but the girl told him to be of good courage and to follow her asquickly as he could. But before they left their shelter she brokeoff a little bit of the rock, spoke some magic words over it, andthrew it in the direction her mother was coming from. In amoment a glittering palace arose before the eyes of the Fairywhich bhnded her with its dazzling splendour, and with its manydoors and passages prevented her for some time from finding herway out of it. In the meantime the black girl hurried on with the Prince,hastening to reach the river, where once on the other side theywould for ever be out of the wicked Fairys power. But beforethey had accomplished half the way they heard again the rustle ofher garments and her muttered curses pursuing them closely. The Prince was terrified; he dared not look back, and he felthis strength giving way. But before

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