. The pink fairy book. ards beat her. Now go,he ended, and look after the pigs! So the next day she took out the pigs, and found themsuch good feeding grounds that they grew fatter everyday. Another year passed by, and one morning when themaiden was out with her pigs she heard a groan whichsounded quite human. She ran to see what it was, andfound her old friend the lion, wounded through and through,fast dying under a tree. She fell on her knees before him and washed hiswounds one by one, and laid healing herbs upon the lion licked her hands and thanked her, and askedif she would not s
. The pink fairy book. ards beat her. Now go,he ended, and look after the pigs! So the next day she took out the pigs, and found themsuch good feeding grounds that they grew fatter everyday. Another year passed by, and one morning when themaiden was out with her pigs she heard a groan whichsounded quite human. She ran to see what it was, andfound her old friend the lion, wounded through and through,fast dying under a tree. She fell on her knees before him and washed hiswounds one by one, and laid healing herbs upon the lion licked her hands and thanked her, and askedif she would not stay and sit by him. But the girl saidshe had her pigs to w^atch, and she must go and see afterthem. So she ran to the place where she had left them, butthey had vanished as if the earth had swallowed them whistled and called, but only the birds answeredher. Then she sank down on the ground and wept bitterly,not daring to return home until some hours had passedaway. And when she had had her cry out she got up and. SJpTitr -xyouNPEip-i^toNr. jf:i3: 194 THE WOUNDED LION searched all up and down the wood. But it was no use;there was not a sign of the pigs. At last she thought that perhaps if she climbed a treeshe might see further. But no sooner was she seated onthe highest branch than something happened which putthe pigs quite out of her head. This w^as a handsomeyoung man who was coming down the path; and whenhe had almost reached the tree he pulled aside a rock anddisappeared behind it. The maiden rubbed her eyes and wondered if she hadbeen dreaming. Next she thought, I will not stir fromhere till I see him come out, and discover who he she waited, and at dawn the next morningthe rock moved to one side and a lion came out. When he had gone quite out of sight the girl climbeddown from the tree and went to the rock, which she pushedaside, and entered the opening before her. The path ledto a beautiful house. She went in, swept and dusted thefurniture, and put
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