Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet), 1854-1909, Nisbet, Noel L., ill · London : G.G. Harrap & Co. · leaf 264
efool; thou must give me a little fife, but a fife ofsuch a sort that whenever I play upon it, every onewill be obliged to dance.— But dost thou knowhow to play upon a fife ? — No, but I can soonlearn. Then St Peter drew forth a little fife fromhis bosom and gave it to him, and took away… … SUDDENLY ST PETER APPEARED TO HIM 230 IVAN THE FOOL above my head ! Then he took up his fife and beganto play, and the moment he began to play, everythingaround him began to dance ; the v^olves, and thehares, and the foxes, and the bears, nay, the very birdslit down upon the ground and began to…
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