The yellow fairy book . p. The next morning the storks ilew towards the south, forwinter was approaching. The 1 faxel-nut child flew through the airon the storks back, and when he wanted to rest ho bound his silk curdon to the joint of the birds other wing, so that it could not fly anyfarther. In this way he reached the country of the black people,where the storks took up their abode close to the capital. When thepeople saw the lla/el-nut child they were much astonished, andtook him witli the stork to the King of the country. The King was 224 THE HAZEL-NUT CHILD delighted with the little creat
The yellow fairy book . p. The next morning the storks ilew towards the south, forwinter was approaching. The 1 faxel-nut child flew through the airon the storks back, and when he wanted to rest ho bound his silk curdon to the joint of the birds other wing, so that it could not fly anyfarther. In this way he reached the country of the black people,where the storks took up their abode close to the capital. When thepeople saw the lla/el-nut child they were much astonished, andtook him witli the stork to the King of the country. The King was 224 THE HAZEL-NUT CHILD delighted with the little creature and kept him always beside him,and he soon grew so fond of the little man that he gave him adiamond four times as big as himself. The Hazel-nut child fastenedthe diamond firmly under the storks neck with a ribbon, and whenhe saw that the other storks were getting ready for their northernflight, he untied the silk cord from his storks wings, and away theywent, getting nearer home every minute. At length the Hazel-nut. t))e BlacK, Kings Qift / child came to his native village ; then he undid the ribbon from thestorks neck and the diamond fell to the ground; he covered it firstwith sand and stones, and then ran to get his parents, so that theymight carry the treasure home, for he himself was not able to liftthe great diamond. So the Hazel-nut child and his parents lived in happiness andprosperity after this till they died. 225 THE STOEY OFBIG KLAUS AND LITTLE KLAUS IN a certain village there lived two people who had both the samename. Both were called Klaus, but one owned four horsesand the other only one. In order to distinguish the one from theother, the one who had four horses was called Big Klaus, and theone who had only one horse, Little Klaus. Now you shall heaiwhat befell them both, for this is a true story. The whole week through Little Klaus had to plough for BigKlaus, and lend him his one horse; then Big Klaus lent him hisfour horses, but only once a week, and that w
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