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e answered. Then you saw it? I saw it. Then be what I command! She whispered some magical words. The old mandisappeared in a blaze of sunshine; and the queen, asshe stood there, dumb with terror, was changed into abasilisk. The basilisk ran off in fright; trying to hide herselfunderground. But her… … THE OLD MAN BLESSES THE PRINCESS THE EAGLES 31 happy royal residence quickly became an uninhabited ruin,which no one dared approach, for fear of the basilisklurking in its underground vaults. Meanwhile the princess, who had been changed into adove, flew after her brothers the eagles, but not being…
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