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THE BIRD 'GRIP'

the more clearly did he see, till at last in the strange horse-shoer he recognised his youngest son. Then the princess told the king how treacherously his eldest sons had acted, and he had them banished from his kingdom;

black and white illustration of an old man with a crown sitting in an ornate throne and clutching his head in shock his eyes wide open. A young man stands by with a bird on his wrist (which looks maybe to be a white colored Victoria crown pigeon or similar) singing on his wrist. A young woman wearing a crown leans in to lean one hand on the young man's shoulder in a companionable way with the other hand braced on the top of the throne. The old man has loose robes and a long white flowing beard and is resting his feet rest on a pillow. The young man has cur!y hair and wears a a plain ragged-edged tunic. There is a cane leaning hooked onto the edge of the throne. Behind the throne hang tapestries of heraldic crests. Behind the young man there is a guard with a halberd in livery and the bird's cage is at his feet.

but the youngest prince married the princess, and got the horse with the golden shoes and half the kingdom from his father, who kept for himself so long as he lived the bird Grip, which now sang with all its heart to the king and all his court.

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