Jewett, Eleanore Myers, Day, Maurice · Boston : Little, Brown, and company · leaf 30
-day! sighed the Prince, now indeed is my last hour come! Byall the power of magic spells, I wish thatsome living creature would come by intowhich I could transform myself and soescape! He had scarcely uttered this wish tohimself when a white bird flew low overthe brook, and in a flash the minnow… … In and out among the shallows and deep pools theyflashed. Page 6. THE CLEVER PRINCE 7 sped on like the wind over hills and valleys,on and on until at length, quite out ofbreath and spent, he came to a tall shiningmountain. In the heart of this mountainwas a cave wherein dwelt a hermit, a wiseand…
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