. Tales of enchantment from Spain . His moans were terribleto listen to. Poor bear, cant I do something to help you?cried the merchants daughter, forgetting her fear inher sorrow at the sight of the bears suffering. The sweet pure face of the girl as she bent overhim looked very like a lily to the dying bear. O lily maiden, you have come at last! hecried. Quick! Put your finger upon the brokenstem of the lily. You are just in time to save mylife! The girl swiftly found the place where the flowerhad been broken off. She put her finger upon she looked at the bear there was no bear tobe s
. Tales of enchantment from Spain . His moans were terribleto listen to. Poor bear, cant I do something to help you?cried the merchants daughter, forgetting her fear inher sorrow at the sight of the bears suffering. The sweet pure face of the girl as she bent overhim looked very like a lily to the dying bear. O lily maiden, you have come at last! hecried. Quick! Put your finger upon the brokenstem of the lily. You are just in time to save mylife! The girl swiftly found the place where the flowerhad been broken off. She put her finger upon she looked at the bear there was no bear tobe seen. Instead a handsome young man stood beforeher, and bowed low as he kissed her hand. n6 THE LILY AND THE BEAR O lily maid, I am a prince who was enchanted into the form of a bear. No one in all the world could break the enchantment except a lily maid with a pure heart, he said. The enchanted prince wedded the merchants daughter, and her father and sisters came to dwell with her in the house in the midst of the beautiful SUN, MOON, AND MORNING STAR NCE upon a time there livedthree widows, each of whomhad an only son. They wereall of them very poor. Oneowned three cows, one ownedthree sheep, and one ownedthree pigs. Every day the three boys took the beasts into thefields to find food. The lads worked together, playedtogether and ate together, sharing their lunch at noonunder the shade of the trees. Food was not very abundant in those three homes,and the lunches which the boys brought were, at best,none too large. The son of the woman who ownedthe three pigs brought little enough to satisfy theappetite of a growing boy. The son of the womanwho owned the three sheep didnt have a very largeluncheon either. The son of the woman who owned 117 n8 SUN, MOON, AND MORNING STARthe three cows and who could well afford to give alarger, better luncheon than her neighbors was alwaysthe one who had least of all. At last the other two boys grew tired of sharingtheir luncheons with hi
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