. The house of joy . LD 21-I00wi1,33 (^^ ^%<^0(^2^^H / 538407 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY. THE PRINCE WITH THE NINESORROWS Eight ivhite peahens ivent dmun to the gate : fVait ! they saiJ, little sister, luait ! They cohered her up ivitk feathers so fine ;jind none ivent out, ivhen there tvent back nine, LONG time ago there liveda King and a Queen, whohad an only son. As soonas he was born his mothergave him to the foresterswife to be nursed ; for sheherself had to wear her crown all day andhad no time for nursing. The foresterswife had just given birth to a little daughterof her own ;

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. The house of joy . LD 21-I00wi1,33 (^^ ^%<^0(^2^^H / 538407 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY. THE PRINCE WITH THE NINESORROWS Eight ivhite peahens ivent dmun to the gate : fVait ! they saiJ, little sister, luait ! They cohered her up ivitk feathers so fine ;jind none ivent out, ivhen there tvent back nine, LONG time ago there liveda King and a Queen, whohad an only son. As soonas he was born his mothergave him to the foresterswife to be nursed ; for sheherself had to wear her crown all day andhad no time for nursing. The foresterswife had just given birth to a little daughterof her own ; but she loved both childrenequally and nursed them together like night the Queen had a dream thatmade the half of her hair turn grey. Shedreamed that she saw the Prince her son atthe age of twenty lying dead with a wound

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