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The violet fairy book (1906)

Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill · London ; New York : Longmans, Green · leaf 232

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THE ENCHANTED KNIFE 203 fell on its knees to do him honour. But he only chose;from them all the three that the emperor had describeeThese he secured by a silken rope to his own horse, auo … then looked about for the cypress tree. It was standingby itself in one corner, and in a moment he was besideit, tearing away the earth with his knife. Deeper and 204 THE ENCHANTED KNIFE deeper he dug, till far down, below the roots of brass, hisknife struck upon the buried treasure, which lay…

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