Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894, Bayes, Alfred Walter, 1832-1909, ill · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 34
afierce dog, you may be sure ; but you neednt be afraid, for all that.Only set him on my apron, and he wont hurt you; and take out of thechest as much gold as you like. Thats not so bad, said the soldier. But what am I to give you,you old witch ? for you will not do it for nothing, I fancy. No,… … THE \VITCH INDUCES THE SOLDIER TO CLIMB THE TREE. Here it is, said the witch, and heres my blue-checked apron. Then the soldier climbed up into the tree, let himself slip down intothe hole, and stood, as the witch had said, in the great hall where thethree hundred lamps were burning. Now he opened…
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