. St. Nicholas [serial]. once more on the shoulder of theprince. The king was impatient to be off, soat last, finding it difficult to be rid of his pet,the prince allowed it to remain where it was,and they started, the sharp claws of the birdclinging to the boys hunting-costume. For awhile all went smoothly ; but finally they cameinto a dark wood, where it was necessary toride carefully over a rough road, in single prince was behind the rest of the party,bending his head now and then, as did those infront of him, to escape the hanging boughs oftrees which obstructed the path. Suddenly
. St. Nicholas [serial]. once more on the shoulder of theprince. The king was impatient to be off, soat last, finding it difficult to be rid of his pet,the prince allowed it to remain where it was,and they started, the sharp claws of the birdclinging to the boys hunting-costume. For awhile all went smoothly ; but finally they cameinto a dark wood, where it was necessary toride carefully over a rough road, in single prince was behind the rest of the party,bending his head now and then, as did those infront of him, to escape the hanging boughs oftrees which obstructed the path. Suddenlythe parrot, with a shrill scream, flew directlyclown upon the top of the horses head, anddug its sharp beak into the animals flesh. Thehorse tossed its head in annoyance, stumbled,and threw the rider, blinded as he was by theboughs, to the ground ; then, as the parrot letgo, escaped with a wild snort, and broke awayinto the thicket,thus leaving theprince on hisback alone, therest of the hunt-ing-party beingalready out of. THE PRINCE MADE A LOW BOW. 45o THE UNLUCKY PARROT. sight, and the bird, which had now seateditself upon the nearest tree, looking down athim with an evil leer. The prince shouted and called and whistled,but in vain, for only an echo answered he sat up, looked about him, and con-sidered how he could best find his way back tohis home or catch up with his father. Thepath before and behind him seemed to havedisappeared. There was not even an openingamong the trees to guide him to an outlet fromthe bewildering mass of green which sur-rounded him on all sides. The parrot hadsucceeded in the plot imparted to it by theold man, and had led the poor prince into acomplete trap, from which it appeared impossi-ble to escape. But the wood was full, fortu-nately, of friendly little animals who were onexcellent terms with the wood-fairies, and readyto join with the latter in helping mortals out ofthe toils of a sorcerer when necessary. So theprince, staring in a disc
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