Princess Splendor : the wood-cutter's daughter (1889)
Miller, E. Rothesay · Tokyo : Kobunsha · leaf 42
heartsblood in crossing seas and mountains to ob-tain it, and then sent the gift to the princess.The princess was greatly astonished to seethe bowl, for she did not think this lazyprince would take the trouble to go to India,but she had not yet proved it. She knew,that if it were the real bowl of… … If £-- instead of being ashamed of having histrick discovered, wrote a pretty little poemto the princess, in which he said, that indeedthe bowl had sparkled, but as soon as shelooked on it the light died out, dimmed bythe brightness of her eyes, and though hethrew away the bowl he threw away at…
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