Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908 · Boston : Hall and Locks · leaf 248
I can tell you some surprising thingsthat you will hke to hear. Dont imag-ine that you are the daughterof the poor laborer whobrought you up. Your motherwas a queen who had six girlsalready, and the king threat-ened that unless she had a son who could inherit hiskingdom she should be sent off. So… … 212 The Story Teller the kings orders, and when a great many days went byand still she heard nothing from the fairy she made herescape from the window by means of a rope ladder, tak-ing her little baby with her. After wandering abouthalf dead with cold and fatigue she reached this cottage.I was the…
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