to chop up a wholecart-load of wood for her the next day. This task too was duly ended; but not till towardsnight; and then the soldier found himself so tired, thathe begged a third nights rest: and this too was given,but only on his pledging his word that next day he wouldfetch the witch the blue… … :A LITTLE BLACK DWARF.
Nursery rhymes · Fairy tales
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