Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet), 1854-1909 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 296
soon ? said the serpent. Nay, but I must go, said he. Then the serpent gave the youth a bancpet, andthey sat down and ate and made merry, and afterthat he departed to his own tsardom. And the princethanked Ivan Golik for all that he had done for him, IVAN GOLIK AND THE SERPENTS. 281 and made him… … or two, and in the third year a son was added tothem, and the heart of the prince was glad. Nowone day he took his little son in his arms, and said : Is there anything in the wide world that I likebetter than this child ? When the princess saw thatthe heart of her spouse was tender, she fell…
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