Fairy tales of the Slav peasants and herdsmen (1896)
1804-1891, Harding, Emily J., ill · London : G. Allen · leaf 24
he was startled to see twelve strange beings sitting rounda huge fire. He stopped for a moment, but then said tohimself, What have I to lose? Why should I fear? Godis with me. Courage! So he advanced towards the fire, and bowing respectfully,said : Good people, take pity on my distress. I am… … The Two Brothers 7 So he sat down, and felt warm directly he was nearthem. But he dared not speak while they were silent.What astonished him most was that they changed seatsone after another, and in such a way that each one passedround the fire and came back to his own place. Whenhe drew near the…
Fairy tales -- Slavic countries
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