The crystal palace : and other legends . e stern godbegan to sink down, down into the cold,black water. Oh, cried Hans was the mandrowned? No answered his mother, he was not 104 ^^^^ Night of the Stolen Treasure drowned. The great god drew himdown, down to the bottom of the lake,where he has a wonderful palace. In itthere are all kinds of strange creatures. But what does the man do down there?,Is he still alive? Yes; Mummel will not let him die; butkeeps him, and makes him serve in thekitchen year after year. And does he not have any rest or anyholidays ? He does not need rest down there, be-c
The crystal palace : and other legends . e stern godbegan to sink down, down into the cold,black water. Oh, cried Hans was the mandrowned? No answered his mother, he was not 104 ^^^^ Night of the Stolen Treasure drowned. The great god drew himdown, down to the bottom of the lake,where he has a wonderful palace. In itthere are all kinds of strange creatures. But what does the man do down there?,Is he still alive? Yes; Mummel will not let him die; butkeeps him, and makes him serve in thekitchen year after year. And does he not have any rest or anyholidays ? He does not need rest down there, be-cause he is no longer mortal like us. Butonce a year he ceases, for a single night,to serve in the kitchen. He becomes amortal again and comes back to earth. Every year on the day on which hecommitted his crime, he puts on hisearthly clothes and comes up. And whenhe reaches the world, he suddenly findshimself at the place where he stole thetreasure. He hears some one coming, and startsto flee with the treasure on his back. ^^BilC LIBRARY. The Night of the Stolen Treasure 105 Each time, he comes to the same spot onMummelsee, and throws the sack into thelake. Just as before, too, he tries to hidein the bushes and is caught and held bythem. Every year Mummel, angry as before,comes up and drags the man out of thebushes, and draws him down to his palaceagain. Many people have heard the strangenoises in the bushes along the shore of thelake. Some of them imagine, too, thatthey have seen a strange form rising fromthe waters. They declare that on thisnight the lake is greatly disturbed. Thewind is loud, and the bushes bend theirheads down to the very water. On the night when these strangethings happen, people are careful to avoidthe place. Although they like to go thereat other times, they would not wish to befound there on the Night of the StolenTreasure. THE WATER SPRITES Mum MEL, the great angry water god,has many beautiful daughters. These heguards jealously, and will allow no one t
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