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Identifier: boywhoknewwhatbicolu (find matches)
Title: The boy who knew what the birds said
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972
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Publisher: New York : The Macmillan Company
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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said the Peacock I flewinto the branches of a dark, dark tree. And asI rested there the fair lady who walked about theGarden—White-as-a-Pearl she was called and shewas the Magicians daughter—walked under thedark, dark trees, and I saw that she was weeping. I knew why she wept. She wept for the youngman whom her father had imprisoned in a tower.This young man was the son of a King, and theMagician was his fathers brother. And if theyoung man died the Magician would become Xingin his brothers Kingdom. But the lady White-as-a-Pearl did not want the young man to die. A little snow-white dove flew down from thetower and spoke in words to White-as-a-Pearland asked her what word she had to send to theyoung man. You must tell him terrible news, my little snow white dove, said White-as-a-Pearl. My father will have him go forth to fight with a dragon. And this is a terrible dragon. Every young man who has gone forth against him has been slain. The little snow white dove flew back to the 154
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O most beauteous of all the birds, do you know of any arms6y which a hero can slay a dragon? THE PEACOCK AND THE CROW tower and the Princess White-as-a-Pearl stoodunder the dark, dark trees and wept again. Andwhen she saw me on my branch she said *0 mostbeauteous of all the birds, do you know of anyarms by which a hero can slay a terrible dragon?

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  • bookyear:1918
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Colum__Padraic__1881_1972
  • bookpublisher:New_York___The_Macmillan_Company
  • bookcontributor:Information_and_Library_Science_Library__University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill
  • booksponsor:University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill
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  • bookcollection:juvenilehistoricalcollection
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