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THE FLOATING PRINCE AND OTHER FAIRY TALES.
"Well," said the citizen, smiling, "you are a true Ninkum. I suppose we have all thought of some place where everything shall be just as we want it to be, but I don't believe any of us will find that place. I am going home."
THE GIANT PUTS HIS ARM THROUGH THE DOORWAY.
"And I too," said the giant, "and on my way I will stop at the Ragged Mine, and leave these fellows to the care of the dwarfs. They will see that they molest honest men no more."
"And I think I will go too," said the Ninkum. "I liked this place very much, but I am getting tired of it now."
"That will be a good thing for you to do," said the citizen, who had heard the story of how the Ninkum had been sent to