Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908 · Boston : Hall and Locks · leaf 390
her long, sleeveless sarafan, and wound herself in the bigfishing-net from head to foot;then she sat on the goat,took a sparrow in eachhand, and bade the or-phan lead the way totown. The young manbrought her to thetsar at court, and shebowed low to the tsarand said, Behold,0 sovereign tsar ! I come… … 352 The Story Teller and he was about to take them from her hands whenthe sparrows wriggled out and flew away. Well, said the tsar, I see you can vie even withme in wit. Stay at my court, and look after my chil-dren, and Ill give you a rich recompense. Nay, my sovereign lord and tsar, I cannot…
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