The yellow fairy book . ted herpolitely, and she received him very graciously. Ho looked downinto the barrel then, and saw lying at the bottom an unusuallybeautiful gold ring, which pleased him so much that he could nottake his eyes off it. The woman saw tins, and said that lie mighthave it if he would take the trotible to get it; for which the Princethankfd her, and said it was at least worth trying. So he leanedover into the barrel, which did not seem very deep, and thought howould easily reach the ring ; but the more he stretched down afterit the deeper grew the barrel. As he was thus bendi
The yellow fairy book . ted herpolitely, and she received him very graciously. Ho looked downinto the barrel then, and saw lying at the bottom an unusuallybeautiful gold ring, which pleased him so much that he could nottake his eyes off it. The woman saw tins, and said that lie mighthave it if he would take the trotible to get it; for which the Princethankfd her, and said it was at least worth trying. So he leanedover into the barrel, which did not seem very deep, and thought howould easily reach the ring ; but the more he stretched down afterit the deeper grew the barrel. As he was thus bending down into 1 From the Icelandic. 230 PEINCE KING it the woman suddenly rose up and pushed him in head first,saying that now he could take up his quarters there. Then shefixed the top on the barrel and threw it out into the sea. The Prince thought himself in a bad plight now, as he felt thebarrel floating out from the land and tossing about on the many days he spent thus he could not tell, but at last he felt. that the barrel was knocking against rocks, at which he was alittle cheered, thinking it was probably land and not merely a reefin the sea. Being something of a swimmer, he at last made up hismind to kick the bottom out of the barrel, and having done so hewas able to get on shore, for the rocks by the sea were smooth andlevel; but overhead there were high cliffs. It seemed difficult to PRINCE KING 239 get up these, but he went along the foot of them for a little, till atlast he tried to climb up, which at last he did. Having got to the top, he looked round about him and saw thathe was on an island, which was covered with forest, with applesgrowing, and altogether pleasant as far as the land was lie had been there several days, he one day heard a greatnoise in the forest, which made him terribly afraid, so that he ranto hide himself among the trees. Then he saw a Giant approaching,dragging a sledge loaded with wood, and making straight for him,so
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