The yellow fairy book . With these words he loosened the lion from his beard and badethe beast guard the youth carefully. With this new protector Iwanich wandered on through theforest, and though he came upon a great many more wolves, hyenas,leopards, and other wild beasts, they always kept at a respectfuldistance when they saw what sort of an escort the Prince had withhim. Iwanich hurried through the wood as quickly as his legs wouldcarry him, but, nevertheless, hour after hour went by and not atrace of a green field or a human habitation met his eyes. At. ililitza & Her wdensin the 9ardea &
The yellow fairy book . With these words he loosened the lion from his beard and badethe beast guard the youth carefully. With this new protector Iwanich wandered on through theforest, and though he came upon a great many more wolves, hyenas,leopards, and other wild beasts, they always kept at a respectfuldistance when they saw what sort of an escort the Prince had withhim. Iwanich hurried through the wood as quickly as his legs wouldcarry him, but, nevertheless, hour after hour went by and not atrace of a green field or a human habitation met his eyes. At. ililitza & Her wdensin the 9ardea & THE WITCH AND HEli SERVANTS 169 length, towards evening, the mass of trees grew more transparent,and through the interlaced branches a wide plain was visible. At the exit of the wood the lion stood still, and the Prince tookleave of him, having first thanked him warmly for his kind pro-tection. It had become quite dark, and Iwanich was forced to waitfor daylight before continuing his journey. He made himself a bed of grass and leaves, lit a fire of drybranches, and slept soundly till the next morning. Then he got up and walked towards a beautiful white palacewhich he saw gleaming in the distance. In about an hour hereached the building, and opening the door he walked in. After wandering through many marble halls, he came to a hugestaircase made of porphyry, leading down to a lovely garden. The Prince burst into a shout of joy when he suddenly per-ceived Milit/a in the centre of a group of girls who were weavingwreaths of flowers with which t
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