. The sea fairies . that, beingevil, he intends evil. He never intends to do good, I assureyou. Then the boy went away. I am no longer afraid, declared the Mermaid Queen,when they were alone. When I have bestowed certain fairypowers upon this golden sword, it will fight its way againstany who dare oppose us, and even Zog himself will not careto face so powerful a weapon. I am now able to promise youthat we shall make our escape. Good! cried Trot, joyfully. Shall we start now1? Not yet, my dear. It will take me a little while to charmthis golden blade so that it will obey my commands, and domy
. The sea fairies . that, beingevil, he intends evil. He never intends to do good, I assureyou. Then the boy went away. I am no longer afraid, declared the Mermaid Queen,when they were alone. When I have bestowed certain fairypowers upon this golden sword, it will fight its way againstany who dare oppose us, and even Zog himself will not careto face so powerful a weapon. I am now able to promise youthat we shall make our escape. Good! cried Trot, joyfully. Shall we start now1? Not yet, my dear. It will take me a little while to charmthis golden blade so that it will obey my commands, and domy work. There is no need of undue haste, so I propose weall sleep for a time and obtain what rest we can. We mustbe fresh and ready for our great adventure. As their former nap had been interrupted, they readilyagreed to Aquareines proposal and at once went to theircouches and composed themselves to slumber. When theywere asleep the fairy mermaid charmed her golden sword, andthen she also lay down to rest herself. 200. TROT dreamed that she was at home in her own bed; but thenight seemed chilly and she wanted to draw the coverlet upto her chin. She was not wide awake, but realized that shewas cold and was unable to move her arms to cover herselfup. She tried, but could not stir. Then she roused herselfa little more, and tried again. Yes; it was cold—very cold!Really, she must do something to get warm, she opened her eyes, and stared at a great wall of ice in frontof her. She was awake now, and frightened, too. But, she couldnot move because the ice was all around her. She was frozeninside of it, and the air space around her was not big enoughto allow her to turn over. At once, the little girl realized what had happened. Theirwicked enemy Zog had, by his magic art, frozen all the water 201 The Sea Fairies in their room while they slept, and now they were all im-prisoned and helpless. Trot and Capn Bill were sure tofreeze to death in a short time, for only a tiny air
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