. St. Nicholas [serial]. that was hap-pening in the whole world. But most especially she kept an eye and an ear open to those comingsand goings which most concerned the YoungKing of Blue Castle. So it was not strange that on the day when theYoung King gazed into his magic crystal theWitch saw all that he saw; and moreover sheknew, also, that this was the work of a GoodFairy who wanted the Young King to marry thesweetest and dearest maiden in all the realm be-yond the Blue Mountains. Yes, the Witch knew all this and more too, andit did nt take her long to brew a pot of delving and
. St. Nicholas [serial]. that was hap-pening in the whole world. But most especially she kept an eye and an ear open to those comingsand goings which most concerned the YoungKing of Blue Castle. So it was not strange that on the day when theYoung King gazed into his magic crystal theWitch saw all that he saw; and moreover sheknew, also, that this was the work of a GoodFairy who wanted the Young King to marry thesweetest and dearest maiden in all the realm be-yond the Blue Mountains. Yes, the Witch knew all this and more too, andit did nt take her long to brew a pot of delving and searching in her great had learned this, that, and the other in theBlack Arts of weaving magic spells, so that, whenthe Young King had traveled a bit of his journeyand had come to the first of the Blue Mountains,he was met by a Damsel for all the world likethat one he had seen in his magic crystal. Now the Young King felt a great joy, and hethought, Here at last I have found my bride ! 338 THE WONDER-BOX [Feb.,. THE WirCH. But just then a Butterfly brushed against his eyes,and, as the touch of its wings made him wink andblink, he saw that really it was not the Damsel at all who stoodbefore him, butonly the wickedWitch. Be gone!said the YoungKing, and hewould have drivenher away withhis sword; butquick as a winkthe Witch againtook her ownshape, and work-ing a magic spell,she changed theYoung King intoa great Frog. If the GoodP^airy had notchanged herself into a Butterfly in order to givemagic sight to the Young King, she might havefound some way to prevent such an awful hap-pening. Now, however, she was fluttering in thesunlight high over head and could do nothing. So the Young King was doomed to remain aFrog until such a time as he would be given todrink the Water of Life from the Green Grottoin the depths of the Blue Mountains. That doomwas like to last for many a year, for who wouldever find and take to him the wonderful Water ofLife? Listen and I will tell you: Han
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