. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . ht was re-vealed to Jamies eyes. The interior of thehouse was like a throne-room in a palace, the ceil-ings were of marble andgold, and the furniturewas jewelled ebony. The old woman took asilver whistle and blew animals — guineapigs and squirrels — an-swered the call. Theywere dressed like children,and walked on two legs ;they could talk and under-stand what was said tothem. Was the beldaman enchantress, and werethese little animals chil-dren, whom she had stolenand made victims of herenchantments ? Sit down, child, sai
. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . ht was re-vealed to Jamies eyes. The interior of thehouse was like a throne-room in a palace, the ceil-ings were of marble andgold, and the furniturewas jewelled ebony. The old woman took asilver whistle and blew animals — guineapigs and squirrels — an-swered the call. Theywere dressed like children,and walked on two legs ;they could talk and under-stand what was said tothem. Was the beldaman enchantress, and werethese little animals chil-dren, whom she had stolenand made victims of herenchantments ? Sit down, child, said the old woman, in a soft voice, sit down ; you havehad a heavy load to carry. Sit down, and I will make you a delicious soup ; onethat you will remember as long as you live. It will contain some of the herb forwhich I was looking in the market and did not find. Sit down. The beldam hurried hither and thither, and with the help of the guineapigs and squirrels quickly made the soup. There, my child, eat that. It contains the magic herb I could not find in. 68 ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN NORTHERN LANDS. the market. Why did your mother not have it? Whoever eats that will becomea magic cook. Jamie had never tasted such delicious soup. It seemed to intoxicate produced a stupor. He felt a great change coming over him. He seemed tobecome one of the family of guinea pigs and squirrels, and, like them, to servetheir mistress. Delightful little people they were, — he came to regard them asbrothers ; and time flew by. Years flew by, and other years, when one day the dame took her crutch andwent out. She left her herb-room open, and he went in. In one of the secretcupboards he discovered an herb that had the same scent as the soup he hadeaten years before. He examined it. The leaves were blue and the blossomscrimson. He smelt of it. He began to sneeze, — such a delightful sneeze! He smelt, and sneezedagain. Suddenly he seemed to awake, as from a dream, — as though somestrange ench
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