. St. Nicholas [serial] . he streets of Nole and outkey is around your ownneck ? I m sure I dontknow, admitted the prin-cess, beginning to be puz-zled. But come withme into my rooms. Ifmy fairy cloak is indeedin the drawer, then I willbelieve you. So they went to thedrawer, and of coursefound the magic cloak,as the cunning Zixi hadplanned. Fluff pulled itout and held the twoup together to comparethem; and, sure enough,they seemed to be exactlyalike. I think yours is a lit-tle the longer, said Ad-lena, and threw it over theshoulders of the princess. No, I think mine is thelonger, she continued;


. St. Nicholas [serial] . he streets of Nole and outkey is around your ownneck ? I m sure I dontknow, admitted the prin-cess, beginning to be puz-zled. But come withme into my rooms. Ifmy fairy cloak is indeedin the drawer, then I willbelieve you. So they went to thedrawer, and of coursefound the magic cloak,as the cunning Zixi hadplanned. Fluff pulled itout and held the twoup together to comparethem; and, sure enough,they seemed to be exactlyalike. I think yours is a lit-tle the longer, said Ad-lena, and threw it over theshoulders of the princess. No, I think mine is thelonger, she continued;and removing the magiccloak, put her own uponFluff. They seemed tobe about the same length,but Adlena kept puttingfirst one and then theother upon the princess,until they were com-pletely mixed, and the child could not havetold one from the other. Which is mine ? she finally asked, in astartled voice. This, of course, answered Adlena, foldingup the imitation cloak which the imps hadmade, and putting it away in the BECAUSE I CANNOT CLIMB A TREE, ANSWERED THE ALLIGATOR. through the gate in the wall and away towardthe mountain where the lilac-grove lay. At last! she kept saying to herself. Atlast I shall see my own beautiful reflection in amirror, instead of that horrid old hag! When she was safe in the grove she suc-ceeded, by means of her witchcraft, in trans-


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