Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 74
obins eyes and his merry smile. Robin asked to be taken up into the highesttower of the palace, and there, looking leaguesand leagues away to Ogre Castle, he saw withhis Eagle sight the amulet, glowing like sun-light imprisoned in a ruby. The Ogre was turning it over and over inhis hand, muttering… … AT DAYBREAK ROBIN BLEW THE MIGHTY HORN. In a thrice—that means while you count three—Robin was speeding away with the Hares swift-ness toward Ogre Castle, and in a few minuteshe was demanding the amulet from the Ogre. Now usually the Ogre was not at all a dis-agreeable fellow, and the Owls wisdom…
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