Text Appearing Before Image: ing on the journey and I had promisedhim that he should do so. He declared that we couldnot possibly get home safely unless I did as he told me. The old king fell into a tremendous rage. He calledhis Council together and condemned the servant to death. The gallows was put up in the square in front of thepalace. The servant was led out and his sentence readto him. The rope was being placed round his neck, when hebegged to be allowed a few last words. On our journeyhome, he said, we spent the first night at an inn. I didnot sleep but kept watch all night. And then he wenton to tell what the crows had said, and as he spoke heturned to stone up to his knees. The prince called tohim to say no more as he had proved his innocence. Butthe servant paid no heed to him, and by the time hisstory was done he had turned to stone from head tofoot. Oh! how grieved the prince was to lose his faithfulservant! And what pained him most was the thoughtthat he was lost through his very faithfulness, and he Text Appearing After Image: the: KAITHFUL SERVANT TURNS INTO 6T0NE LUCKY LUCK 15 determined to travel all over the world and never resttill lie found some means of restoring him to life. Now there lived at Com-t an old woman who had beenthe princes nurse. To her he confided all his plans, andleft his wife, the princess, in her care. You have a longway before you, my son, said the old woman ; you mustnever return till you have met with Lucky Luck. If hecannot help you no one on earth can. So the prince set off to try to find Lucky Luck. Hewalked and walked till he got beyond his own country,and he wandered through a wood for three days but didnot meet a living being in it. At the end of the third dayhe came to a river near which stood a large mill. Herehe spent the night. When he was leaving next morningthe miller asked him : My gracious lord, where are yougoing all alone ? And the prince told him. * Then I beg your Highness to ask Lucky Luck thisquestion: Why is it that though I have an excellentmill, with all i
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