. The olive fairy book . n fairy waved her hand, and acloud came down and concealed her, and nobody imaginedthat the beautiful white cloud that was blown so rapidlyacross the sky was the chariot that was carrying theSwan fairy to the tower of Ismenor. Now the tower was situated in the midst of a forest,so the queen thought that, under cover of the dark trees,it would be quite easy for her to drop to earth the tower was so thoroughly enchanted that themore she tried to reach the ground the tighter somethingOL. c 18 THE BLUE PABBOT tried to hold her hack. At length, by putting forth a
. The olive fairy book . n fairy waved her hand, and acloud came down and concealed her, and nobody imaginedthat the beautiful white cloud that was blown so rapidlyacross the sky was the chariot that was carrying theSwan fairy to the tower of Ismenor. Now the tower was situated in the midst of a forest,so the queen thought that, under cover of the dark trees,it would be quite easy for her to drop to earth the tower was so thoroughly enchanted that themore she tried to reach the ground the tighter somethingOL. c 18 THE BLUE PABBOT tried to hold her hack. At length, by putting forth allthe power she possessed, she managed to descend to thefoot of the tower, and there, weak and faint as she waswith her exertions, she lost no time in working herspells, and found that she could only overcome Ismenorby means of a stone from the ring of Gyges. But howwas she to get this ring? for the magic book told herthat Ismenor guarded it night and day among his mostprecious treasures. However, get it she must, and in. the meantime the first step was to see the royal prisonerhimself. So, drawing out her tablets, she wrote asfollows: The bird which brings you this letter is the Swan fairy,mother of Hermosa, who loves you as much as you loveher! And after this assurance, she related the wickedplot of which he had been the victim. Then, quicklychanging herself into a swallow, she began to fly round THE BLUE PABBOT 19 the tower, till she discovered the window of Linosprison. It was so high up that bars seemed needless,especially as four soldiers were stationed in the passageoutside, therefore the fairy was able to enter, and evento hop on his shoulder, but he was so much occupiedwith gazing at the princesss portrait that it was sometime before she could attract his attention. At last shegently scratched his cheek with the corner of the note,and he looked round with a start. On perceiving theswallow he knew at once that help had come, andtearing open the letter, he wept with joy
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