. The pink fairy book. ted home. When the king heard this his sorrowwas lessened, and he said that he would wander out intothe forest and search for his wife and children. If hefound them he would return to his palace; but if he didnot find them he would never see it again, and in thatcase the faithful retainer who had saved the lives of thequeen and the princes should be king in his stead. The king then went forth alone into the wild forest,and wandered there the whole day without seeing asingle human being. So it went with him the second dayalso, but on the third day he came by roundabout wa
. The pink fairy book. ted home. When the king heard this his sorrowwas lessened, and he said that he would wander out intothe forest and search for his wife and children. If hefound them he would return to his palace; but if he didnot find them he would never see it again, and in thatcase the faithful retainer who had saved the lives of thequeen and the princes should be king in his stead. The king then went forth alone into the wild forest,and wandered there the whole day without seeing asingle human being. So it went with him the second dayalso, but on the third day he came by roundabout waysto the little hut. He went in there, and asked for leaveto rest himself for a little on the bench. The queen andthe princes were there, but she was poorly clad and sosorrowful that the king did not recognise her, neither didhe think for a moment that the two children, who weredressed only in rough skins, were his own sons. He lay down on the bench, and, tired as he was,he soon fell asleep. The bench was a narrow one,. THE QUEEN ijECOVERS THE CONTK/ICT 314 KING LTNDORM and as he slept his arm fell down and hung by theside of it. My son, go and lift your fathers arm up on thebench, said the queen to one of the princes, for she easilyknew the king again, although she was afraid to makeherself known to him. The boy went and took the kingsarm, but, being only a child, he did not lift it up very gentlyon to the bench. The king woke at this, thinking at first that he hadfallen into a den of robbers, but he decided to keep quietand pretend that he was asleep until he should find outwhat kind of folk were in the house. He lay still for alittle, and, as no one moved in the room, he again let hisarm glide down off the bench. Then he heard a womansvoice say, My son, go you and lift your fathers arm upon the bench, but dont do it so roughly as your brotherdid. Then he felt a pair of little hands softly claspinghis arm; he opened his eyes, and saw his queen and herchildren. He sprang up an
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