another man.and so on, untilall the servantshad been called.No one hadever seen theshell.At last theyasked the chil-dren. One littleboy thoughtthat he hadseen oneonce. Hehad beenup in theroofof thekitchen looking 6s … swallows eggs, andthought he saw a shellin one of the nests.Perhaps that was theshell the prince wished.The prince was de-lighted and orderedhis men to go andsearch the swallownests in the roof ofthe kitchen. Theywent and looked,but said they could not reachthey were in the veryroof. But you must…
Fairy tales
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