The Enchanted Island

hem up in a heap he took King Cyril on his shoulder and went back f

e Princess," asked Daimur, "so tha

this morning that they ate more fruit than usual, but I will go and see," and off he flew, leaving

om Daimur perceived through his wonderful spectacles to be a handsome woman dressed in

Maya, and Daimur could see that she was a golden-h

biscuits and water, which though poor f

ncess stared at him as much as good manners would let her, and thought him extremely h

f good, and had already found a hill of potatoes and a cave where they

wk, about which he had just told her, and as soon as they had had sufficient to eat she asked to see the

to stay and gather bits of moss and leaves for Daimur to sleep on

imur still wearing his cap and spe

aimur, who was carrying the o

slender vines which twined about the trees and climbed towards the light. He set to work

t," he said to King Cyril, "while we se

on Daimur stopped again t

had never seen peanuts growing in his life before), "we must h

s. Certainly they were very fine ones, some of them reaching away up int

u ever saw, bananas, cocoanuts, dates, figs, breadfruits, and grape vines bearing heavy clusters of black, red, and white grapes, grew in abundance, and

hich grows above the ground is poison, but that e

need not starve after all. Now let us go back to the cave, as it is beginning to grow dusk, and besides I am very

yams, and taking off his coat Daimur threw the

ncess came flying to meet them, and cryi

n surprise, hoping it was not another

ave and bubbles up from between two rocks. It must be

Between the cave wall and a rock which jutted from the bank a little spring bubbled up

all much relieved to think they had been so lucky as to

Daimur, "we are safe fo

hich I am sure will be nice

it?" aske

and I discovered them while looking for leav

here there was a large nest of turtles' eggs, which Dai

ve a splendid f

a fire. Luckily Daimur had a little silver box of matches with him. They roasted the potatoes and yams in t

ve for the doves to sleep on, and gratefully threw himself down on the nice soft bed which