Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . windows, and askedfor alms. In a moment the bird in the cage beganto sing, the horse in the stable ate his corn, and thebeautiful young maiden ceased to weep. What is the meaning of this? asked the king, inwonder. Then said the maiden, I cannot tell why, but Ihave been so sad, and now I feel quite happy. It isas if mj real bridegroom had returned. At length she determined to tell the king all thathad occurred, although the other brothers hadthreatened to kill her if she betraye
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . windows, and askedfor alms. In a moment the bird in the cage beganto sing, the horse in the stable ate his corn, and thebeautiful young maiden ceased to weep. What is the meaning of this? asked the king, inwonder. Then said the maiden, I cannot tell why, but Ihave been so sad, and now I feel quite happy. It isas if mj real bridegroom had returned. At length she determined to tell the king all thathad occurred, although the other brothers hadthreatened to kill her if she betrayed them. The king upon this ordered every one in the castleto appear before him, and among them came thepoor man in ragged clothes. The princess rec-ognized him immediately, and fell on his neck andwept for joy to find him alive. The king also rec-ognized his youngest son after he had thrown offhis disguise. Then the brothers were brought tojustice and punished, while the youngest marriedthe beautiful princess, and was named as the kingssuccessor. We must now hear what became of the poor fox. The Golden Bird 363. THE KING WELCOMED HIS YOUNGEST SON Not long after, the kings son met him and the foxsaid, You have everything that you can Avish forin the world, but to my misfortunes there appears noend, although you have the power of setting mefree; and once more he begged so earnestly to beshot dead, and to have his head and feet cut off, thatthe kings son at last, with sorrow, consented. Whatwas his surprise as soon as he had finished the pain-ful task to see a fine, tall young man stand up inthe place of the fox, who was no other than thebrother of the beautiful princess, whom the kingsson had at last set free from the enchantment thatlay upon him. After this nothing ever happened to interferewith their happiness and good fortune. 366 Lady Button-Eyes LADY BUTTON-EYES* By Eugene Field WHEN the busy day is doneAnd my weary little oneRocketh gentl}^ to and fro;When the night winds s
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