ed the citrons
before.

He cut the first citron, and at once the first Princess appeared and
asked him for a drink of water, but he scarcely looked at her, and she
fled away.

He cut the second citron, and the second Princess appeared and
demanded water, but he never stirred, and she too vanished.

Then he filled the golden cup with water and with a trembling hand cut
the third citron.

Immediately the third Princess appeared. "Give me of the water to
drink," said she.

At once the Prince handed her the golden cup. She drank deeply, and
then she smiled upon him, and it was his own dear love who stood
before him more beautiful than ever.

The Prince could hardly believe in his good fortune. But the Princess
told him all that had happened to her--how Lucy had pushed her into
the water, and how she had been changed first into a fish, and then
into a bird, and then into a citron as she had been before. The Prince
could not wonder and marvel enough. He took her by the hand and led
her up to the castle, and her golden hair fell all about her so that
she seemed to be clothed in a shimmering golden mantle.

When she appeared before the King he was amazed at the beauty of her,
and when the Prince told him that this was his true bride and not the
other, his happiness knew no bounds. The whole palace resounded with
rejoicings. Only Lucy was so terrified that she ran and jumped out of
a window and broke her neck.

But the kingdom was given to the youngest Prince, and he and the
Princess reigned there in peace and happiness as long as they lived.

THE MAGIC PIPE

A NORSE TALE

There was once three brothers, all the sons of the same father and
mother.

The two elder were hard-working, thrifty lads, who had no care except
as to how they might better themselves in the world. But the youngest,
whose name was Boots, was not thrifty at all. He was a do-nothing and
was quite content to sit in the chimney corner and warm his shins and
think about things.

One day the eldest son came to his father and said, "I have it in mind
to go over yonder to the King's castle and take service there, for I
hear the King has need of a herdsman to take care of his hares for
him. The wages are six dollars a week, and if any one can keep the
herd together and bring them safe home every night without losing one
of them the King will give him the Princess for a wife."

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