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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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isobedience, but promised to help him out ofthis trouble also if he would answer yes to everythingthey asked him at his trial. The prince willingly agreedto this, and admitted to the judge that he had meant tosteal the princess, and that he was a master-thief. When the king learned this he said he would forgivehis offence if he would go to the next kingdom and stealthe horse with the four golden shoes. To this also theprince said Yes. When he had gone a little way from the castle hemet the fox, and they continued on their journey together.When they reached the end of it the prince for the thirdtime received three grains of gold from the fox, withdirections to throw one into the guard-chamber, anotherinto the stable, and the third into the horses stall. Butthe fox told him that above the horses stall hung abeautiful golden saddle, which he must not touch, if hedid not want to bring liimself into new troubles worsethan those he had escaped from, for then the fox couldhelp him no longer.
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THt^TMNCEFoHQOT>THEToX5(j/AI\NlNfy^KI55ED-T;lE:^?R,lNCEb^ 138 THE BIRD GRIP The prince promised to be firm this time. He threwthe grains of gold in the proper places, and untied thehorse, but with that he caught sight of the golden saddle,and thought that none but it could suit so beautiful ahorse, especially as it had golden shoes. But just as hestretched out his hand to take it he received from someinvisible being so hard a blow on the arm that it wasmade quite numb. This recalled to him his promise andhis danger, so he led out the horse without looking at thegolden saddle again. The fox was waiting for him outside the castle, andthe prince confessed to him that he had very nearly givenway to temptation this time as well. 1 know that, saidthe fox, for it was I who struck you over the arm. As they now went on together the prince said that hecould not forget the beautiful princess, and asked the foxwhether he did not think that she ought to ride home to hisfathers palace on this ho

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