. Wandering words. Reprinted, by permission, from papers published in the "Daily telegraph" and foreign journals and magazines. By Sir Edwin Arnold. With illustrations from drawings by Ben Boothby and from photographs. THE PRINCESS AND URASHIMA ROW TO THE FAIRY ISLANDS. crabs and fishes. The walls of the palace were ofcoral, the trees had emeralds for leaves and rubiesfor berries, the fishes scales were of silver, and thedragons tails of solid gold. All the most beautifulglittering things that have ever been seen met to-gether there, and the liveliest imagination will never ORIENTAL STORY-TELL
. Wandering words. Reprinted, by permission, from papers published in the "Daily telegraph" and foreign journals and magazines. By Sir Edwin Arnold. With illustrations from drawings by Ben Boothby and from photographs. THE PRINCESS AND URASHIMA ROW TO THE FAIRY ISLANDS. crabs and fishes. The walls of the palace were ofcoral, the trees had emeralds for leaves and rubiesfor berries, the fishes scales were of silver, and thedragons tails of solid gold. All the most beautifulglittering things that have ever been seen met to-gether there, and the liveliest imagination will never ORIENTAL STORY-TELLERS J ^ t 6oj picture what this palace looked like. It all belongedto Urashima. Here they lived very happily forcountless years, wandering about every day amongthe beautiful trees with emerald leaves and ruby. THEY ARE RECEIVED BY THE FISH-PEOPLE. berries. But one morning Urashima said to hiswife, I am quite happy with you, delightful one !Still I want to go home and see my father and 334 WANDERING WORDS mother and brothers and sisters. Permit me todepart for a short time, and, by the truth of my love,I will soon be back again. I dont like you to go,
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