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Identifier: crimsonfairybook00lang (find matches)
Title: The crimson fairy book
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill
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Publisher: London New York : Longmans, Green and Co.
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o the lake. The shepherd was brim-ming over with joy, but the princess only wept bitterly.* Dry your tears, I implore you, said he. If you willjust do what I ask you, and when the time comes, runand kiss my forehead, you have nothing to fear. Merrily the shepherd blew on his pipes as he marchedat the head of his flock, only stopping every now andthen to say to the weeping girl at his side : Do not cry so, Heart of Gold; trust me and fearnothing. And so they reached the lake. In an instant the sheep were scattered all over themeadows, and the prince placed his hawk on the tree,and his pipes on the grass, while he bade his greyhoundslie*beside them. Then he rolled up his trousers and hissleeves, and waded into the water, calling : Dragon ! dragon ! if you are not a coward, comeforth, and let us have one more fight together. And thedragon answered : I am waiting for you, O prince;and the next minute he reared himself out of the water,huo-e and horrible to see. Swiftlv he drew near to the
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tTHEiCrSS TtiKT CAVE THE VICTO^fl THE PBINCE AND THE DRAGON 91 bank, and the prince sprang to meet him, and they graspedeach other round the body and fought till it was noon.And when the sun was at its hottest, the dragon cried : O prince, let me dip my burning head in the lake,and I Vvdll hurl you to the top of the sky. But theprince answered : Oh, ho ! my good dragon, do not crow too soon ! Ifthe emperors daughter were only here, and she wouldkiss my forehead, I would throw you higher still. Hardly had he spoken, when the princess, who hadbeen listening, ran up and kissed him on the forehead.Then the prince swung the dragon straight up into theclouds, and when he touched the earth again, he brokeinto a thousand pieces. Out of the pieces there spranga wild boar and galloped away, but the prince calledhis hounds to give chase, and they caught the boarand tore it to bits. Out of the pieces there sprang ahare, and in a moment the greyhounds were after it, andthey caught it and killed it

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