The Green Fairy Book

. He rubbed his eyes and pinched himself, and when he was quite sure he was not

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ies!' replied the man, laughing

purse. And he began to wonder how he could restore them to her the soonest. Then he remembered that the mantle had some hidden charm that enabled the bearer

ed supper, and as it was too late to vi

. The little soldier inquired the meaning of all this noise, and was told that the Princess Ludovine, the King's beautiful daughter, had been fou

had a crown of gold upon her head, and the King and Queen sat by her side. By accid

he crowd till he got to the palace. When the royal party entered he told the guards that it was he who had delivered the Pr

beer. 'It is this miserable soldier's helmet,' said he to himself 'If I had only money enough I could look as splendid as t

hat was left, and he found tha

, and there were still fifty crowns. He took away five and counted a third time, but there were still fif

nd he determined to go at once to

arls, and the coachbuilder to make him a golden coach like the coach of the Princess L

ehind. Inside sat John, clad in blue velvet, with a bouquet of immortelles in his hand and a scarf bound round his arm. He drove twice round the city, t