The yellow fairy book . ght on through the forest. He hadnt gone very far when he saw a most extraordinarylooking man coming towards him. He was not more than threefeet high, his legs were quite crooked, and all his body was coveredwith prickles like a hedgehog. Two lions with him, fas-tened to his side by the two ends of his long beard. He stopped the Prince and asked him in a harsh voice : Areyou the man who has just fed my body-guard ? 168 THE WITCH AND HER SERVANTS Iwanich was so startled that he could hardly reply, but thelittle man continued: I am most grateful to you for your k
The yellow fairy book . ght on through the forest. He hadnt gone very far when he saw a most extraordinarylooking man coming towards him. He was not more than threefeet high, his legs were quite crooked, and all his body was coveredwith prickles like a hedgehog. Two lions with him, fas-tened to his side by the two ends of his long beard. He stopped the Prince and asked him in a harsh voice : Areyou the man who has just fed my body-guard ? 168 THE WITCH AND HER SERVANTS Iwanich was so startled that he could hardly reply, but thelittle man continued: I am most grateful to you for your kind-ness ; what can I give you as a reward ? All I ask, replied Iwanich, is, that I should be allowed to gothrough this wood in safety. Most certainly, answered the little man; and for greatersecurity 1 will give you one of niy lions as a protector. But whenyou leave this wood and come near a palace which does not belongto my domain, let the lion go, in order that he may not fall into thehands of an enemy and be With these words he loosened the lion from his beard and badethe beast guard the youth carefully. With this new protector Iwanich wandered on through theforest, and though he came upon a great many more wolves, hyenas,leopards, and other wild beasts, they always kept at a respectfuldistance when they saw what sort of an escort the Prince had withhim. Iwanich hurried through the wood as quickly as his legs wouldcarry him, but, nevertheless, hour after hour went by and not atrace of a green field or a human habitation met his eyes. At
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