. The violet fairy book . advice to give you, said thehorse at last. What is it? asked Petru. You have known what it is to suffer cold; you willhave to endure heat, such as you have never dreamed as brave now as you were then. Let no one tempt youto try to cool yourself, or evil will befall you. Forwards! answered Petru. Do not worry your-self. If I have escaped without being frozen, there is nochance of my melting- Why not? This is a heat that will melt the marrowin your bones — a heat that is only to be felt in the king-dom of the Goddess of And it was hot. The very iron of t
. The violet fairy book . advice to give you, said thehorse at last. What is it? asked Petru. You have known what it is to suffer cold; you willhave to endure heat, such as you have never dreamed as brave now as you were then. Let no one tempt youto try to cool yourself, or evil will befall you. Forwards! answered Petru. Do not worry your-self. If I have escaped without being frozen, there is nochance of my melting- Why not? This is a heat that will melt the marrowin your bones — a heat that is only to be felt in the king-dom of the Goddess of And it was hot. The very iron of the horses shoesbegan to melt, but Petru gave no heed. The sweat randown his face, but he dried it with his gauntlet. Whatheat could be he never knew before, and on the way, nota stones throw from the road, lay the most deliciousvalleys, full of shady trees and bubbling streams. WhenPetru looked at them his heart burned within him, and 1 In the German Donnerstag— the day of the Thunder God,i. e. Jupiter. lovely maidens. THE FAIRY OF THE DAWN 187 his mouth grew parched. And standing among theflowers were lovely maidens who called to him in soLvoices, till he had to shut his eyes against their spells. Come, my hero, come and rest; the heat will killyou, said they. Petru shook his head and said nothing, for he had lostthe power of speech. Long he rode in this awful state, how long none cantell. Suddenly the heat seemed to become less, and, inthe distance, he saw a little hut on a hill. This was thedwelling of the Goddess of Thunder, and when he drewrein at her door the goddess herself came out to meethim. She welcomed him, and kindly invited him in, andbade him tell her all his adventures. So Petru told herall that had happened to him, and why he was there, andthen took farewell of her, as he had no time to lose. For/ he said, who knows how far the Fairy of theDawn may yet be ? Stay for one moment, for I have a word of advice togive you. You are about to enter the kingdom of Ve
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