Identifier: olivefairybook00lang (find matches)
Title: The olive fairy book
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill
Subjects: Fairy tales Folklore
Publisher: London New York : Longmans, Green
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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to say; and they soon set upquite a pretty quarrel. Suddenly the princess, furiousthat neither of them alluded to the part played by thestudent, quite forgot her vow of silence and cried loudly: Idiots that you are! how could she belong to anyone but the student? If it had not been for him, allthat the others did would have gone for nothing! Ofcourse it was he who married the maiden! And as shespoke the seven veils fell from her, and she stood up,the fairest princess that the world has ever seen. You have won me, she said smiling, holding out herhand to the prince. And so they were married; and after the wedding-feast was over they sent for the old woman whosepitcher the prince had broken so long ago, and she dweltin the palace, and became nurse to their children, andlived happily till she died. fAdapted from Tiirkische Volksmarchen aus Stamlnil gesammelt,ubersetzt und eingeleitet von Dr. Ignaz Kiinos. Brilla, Leiden.) Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., Printers, Neiv-street Square, London.
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