My own fairy book : namely certain Chronicles of Pantouflia, as notably the adventures of Prigio, prince of that country, and of his son Ricardo, with an excerpt from the Annals of Scotland, as touching Ker of Fairnilee, his sojourn with the Queen of Faery (1903)
Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, Browne, Gordon, 1858-1932, ill, Scott, T., ill, Lemann, E. A., ill · New York : Longmans, Green · leaf 36
takes it, and the countrysuffering; and all on account of a Firedrake,you know, which has apparently built hisnest not far off. Well, I have asked thatlout of a brother of yours to kill it, and hesays That he does not believe in Firedrakes,interrupted Prigio. The weathers warmenough without going… … lance, and buckler ! A Molinda ! A Molinda Iwhich was his war-cry. The page ran to get the armour; but itwas so uncommonly hot that hedropped it, and put his fingersin his mouth, crying! You had better put on flan-nels, Alphonso, for this kind ofwork, said Prigio. And if Iwere you, I d take a…
Fairy tales
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