Wagner opera stories . Rhine Daughters noticed howbeautiful it was, and taking hold of handsthey danced around it. As they dancedthey began to sing in fresh, glad tones, abeautiful song, and this is their song: EfWMCW £ WM. ±* £ RHINE DAUGHTERS MOTIVE. Scarcely had the last notes died awaywhen they heard a voice. They turned 23 THE RHINE -GOLD. quickly to see whence it came, but no onewas there. Presently they heard the voiceagain, and looking- down they saw manylittle ripples on the surface of the voice seemed to be coming- nearer andnearer. They listened and this is whatthey heard:
Wagner opera stories . Rhine Daughters noticed howbeautiful it was, and taking hold of handsthey danced around it. As they dancedthey began to sing in fresh, glad tones, abeautiful song, and this is their song: EfWMCW £ WM. ±* £ RHINE DAUGHTERS MOTIVE. Scarcely had the last notes died awaywhen they heard a voice. They turned 23 THE RHINE -GOLD. quickly to see whence it came, but no onewas there. Presently they heard the voiceagain, and looking- down they saw manylittle ripples on the surface of the voice seemed to be coming- nearer andnearer. They listened and this is whatthey heard: mug cjj i NIBELUNG MOTIVE. In a moment, up out of the river camethe ugliest little dwarf you can was very small, and instead of stand-ing up straight as a knight or brave manwould stand, he was bent away over. Hisface was dark and hideous, and his coalblack hair as matted as if it had neverbeen combed. He was so different from any one theRhine Daughters had ever seen that atfirst they were frightened. 24. THE RHINE -GOLD. Good morning to you, said the dwarf. Good morning, sir, said the RhineDaughters. Who are you and where didyou come from? I am Alberich, King of the Nibelungs,and I came from my home under theearth. You do not live under the earth wherethere is no sunshine, do you? asked oneof the maidens. Sunshine! said Alberich, squinting hiseyes, I do not like sunshine. It hurts myeyes. Are the Nibelungs all black and uglylike you? asked another Rhine Daughter. Yes, they are all dark, but if you willcome back with me I will make you myqueen and then you will not think us ugly. What! leave the sunshine and ourRhine-Gold? Never! Not even to be aqueen would I do that! 27 THE RHINE -GOLD. Gold, said Alberich, where is it? Come up here and you will see it,called the Rhine Daughters. Alberich tried to climb up, but the rockswere so slippery that it took him a longtime, for at every other step he slippedback. Finally he got high enough to seethe gold, and it almost b
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