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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
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ign,but waited till he had fallen asleep, and then crept out and burnedthe lions skin, which he had left outside. Then she went backinto the cave and wakened Hermod. and they had a most joyfulmeeting. In the morning they talked over their plans, and were most ata loss to know how to get out of the island. Hadvor told Hennodher dream, and said she suspected there was someone in the islandwho would be able to help them. Hermod said lie knew of a YYitchthere, who was very ready to help anyone, and that the only planwas to go to her. So they went to the NYitchs cave, and foundher there with her lift ecu young sons, and asked her to help themto get to the mainland. There are other things easier than that,1 said she, for the (iiantthat was buried will be waiting for you, and \\ill attack you onthe way, as he has turned himself into a big \\hale. 1 shall lend 306 HERMOD AND HADVOR you a boat, however, ami if you meet the whale and think yourlives are in clanger, then you can name me by name.
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They thanked her greatly for her help and advice, and set outfrom the island, but on the way they saw a huge fish coming to-wards them, with great splashing and dashing of waves. They HERMOD AND HADVOB 307 were sure of what it was, and thought they had as good reason asever they would have to call on the Witch, and so they did. Thenext minute they saw coming after them another huge whale,followed by fifteen smaller ones. All of these swam past the boatand went on to meet the whale. There was a fierce battle then,and the sea became so stormy that it was not very easy to keep theboat from being filled by the waves. After this fight had gone onfor some time, they saw that the sea was dyed with blood; the bigwhale and the fifteen smaller ones disappeared, and they got to landsafe and sound. Now the story goes back to the Kings hall, where strange thingshad happened in the meantime. The Queen and her daughter haddisappeared, but a rat and a mouse were always fighting with eachother there.

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