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Identifier: yellowfairybook00lang02 (find matches)
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
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yself,who as your eldest son claim the first right to do so, will mountguard over the fruit this very night. The King consented, and as soon as evening drew on Szaboclimbed up on to one of the trees, determined to protect the fruiteven if it cost him his life. So he kept watch half the night; buta little after midnight he was overcome by an irresistible drowsi-ness, and fell fast asleep. He did not awake till it was bright day-light, and all the fruit on the trees had vanished. The following year Warza, the second brother, tried his luck,but with the same result. Then it came to the turn of the thirdand youngest son. Iwanich was not the least discouraged by the failure of hiselder brothers, though they were both much older and stronger thanhe was, and when night came climbed up the tree as they haddone. The moon had risen, and with her soft light lit up the whole THE WITCH AND HER SERVANTS 163 neighbourhood, so that the observant Prince could distinguish thesmallest object distinctly.
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At midnight a gontlo west wind shook the tree, and at the samomoment a snow-white swan-like bird sank down gently on hisbreast. The Prince hastily seized the birds wings in his hands, 164 THE WITCH AND HER SERVANTS when, lo 1 to his astonishment he found he was holding in hisarms not a bird but the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. You need not fear Militza, said the beautiful girl, looking atthe Prince with friendly eyes. An evil magician has not robbed youof your fruit, but he stole the seed from my mother, and therebycaused her death. When she was dying she bade me take thefruit, which you have no right to possess, from the trees every yearas soon as it was ripe. This I would have done to-night too, if

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  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Lang__Andrew__1844_1912
  • booksubject:Fairy_tales
  • bookpublisher:London___New_York___Longmans__Green__And_Co_
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  • booksponsor:MSN
  • bookleafnumber:200
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  • bookcollection:americana
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