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Title: The pink fairy book
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, ed
Subjects: Tales
Publisher: New York, London (etc.) Longmans, Green, and co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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woman that the king sent for. Shall we wish that herclothes may give way, and that she should be dashed to the ground ? Oh, no ! no! exclaimed another. Let us wish hersomething good. I myself will wish her youth. And I beauty. And I wisdom. And I a tender heart. So spake the fairies, and went their way, leaving themost beautiful maiden in the world behind them. The next morning when the king looked from hiswindow he saw this lovely creature hanging on the nail.Ah! what have I done? Surely I must have beenblind last night! And he ordered long ladders to be brought and themaiden to be rescued. Then he fell on his knees beforeher, and prayed her to forgive him, and a great feast wasmade in her honour. Some days after came the ninety-year-old sister to the palace and asked for the queen. Who is that hideous old witch? said the king. Oh, an old neighbour of mine, who is half silly, shereplied. But the old woman looked at her steadily, and knewher again, and said: How have you managed to grow
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166 THE KINGS BEAUTIFUL WIFE so young and beautiful ? I should like to be young andbeautiful too. This question she repeated the whole day long, till atlength the queen lost patience and said: I had my oldhead cut off, and this new hea 1 grew in its place. Then the old woman went to a barber, and spoke tohim, saying, I will give you all you ask if you will onlycut off my head, so that I may become young and lovely. But, my good woman, if I do that you will die! But the old woman would listen to nothing; and atlast the barber took out his knife and struck the firstblow at her neck. Ah! she shrieked as she felt the pain. II faut souffrir pour etre belle, said the barber, whohad been in France. And at the second blow her head rolled off, and theold woman was dead for good and all. 167 CATHERINE AND HER DESTINY- Long ago there lived a rich merchant who, besides pos-sessing more treasures than any king in the world, had inhis great hall three chairs, one of silver, one of gold, andone of d

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