Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908 · Boston : Hall and Locks · leaf 413
d his other leg from his ear, ran off, andin a twinkling he drew from the end of the world someof the living and singing water. I must make haste and return presently, said he,and he sat down under a water-mill and went to sleep.The tsars dinner was drawing to a close, and still hedid not turn up,… … Then the marksman seized his gun, shot into the mill,and awoke Swift-foot with his shooting. Swift-foot setoff running, and in a moment he had brought the water. The tsar had not as vetrisen from the table, andhis command could nottherefore have been moreexactly fulfilled. But itwas all to no…
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