The Enchanted Island

nk of water from their little spring, and then Daimur put on his cap and spectacles, shou

with me and see if we cannot locate something like a boat near

ess begged to go too, so

near the Magician's hill, and there they saw many doves of all colors drinking and splashing ar

ight and kept close to Daimur, who was so

use from the shore on the other side of this hill, and the house is a strong s

hill, but soon came to a great wall of rock that jutted out for half a mile

he spoke a sudden gust of wind swept down upon them, causing the trees t

et much of it here, but look how the treetops are be

d following the great wall of rock which ran away around th

King, "it runs into the sea on that side also, so that the Magic

hore, and Daimur stood lost in thought, gazing at the rough stones which towered above his head. Then with a su

n a few minutes he had succeeded in making a hole under it wide enough to

it did elsewhere, and the only wind was the natural

he trees, and after a while came up close to the hill, which at thi

le steps leading up to the door, while directly in front of it running out a short

n from one of the windows which faced the sea on each side of the door. He was very anxious t

eagerly volun

are flying about," she said, "

sill, which was open, and after looki

t suspense for more than half an hour. At the end o

ere," she whispered. "L

, and Daimur threw back the sand against it, and smoothed it down. They did not stop until they had

ith a window in the end of it, so as there seemed to be no one about I cautiously slipped into the oth

up in a small bay at the end of the house. I was then coming away, when I heard a noise and looking a

asket near the window out of which I had just been looking. She opened the basket and out c

ay, my daughter?'

eptile, in a horrible rattling voice. 'Di

helf behind the cupboard, in a dark corner, but are locked up in a glass box. I

t touched his old bottles and made him angry,' said the snake, and it began to shed stre

t he is going away again on a special journey in five days' time, to hunt for some treasures which he says he must

way, so after a while, not seeing anything more of her, I crept out of my hiding pl

" asked the Queen

ece gone out of the back, hopped up on the shelf, and found them quite easil

hat will unlock anything. We shall go back when the Magician goes a

cook them for supper. While the fire was getting hot Daimur went out along the shore to see what he could find. The tide was out, and he went looking about

dark, they heard a great wind blowing, and Daimur, putti