GREAT BLUE LOTOS-FLOWERS WERE COVERING THE BRINK TO THE
WATER’S EDGE _Frontispiece_
“OH!” CRIED THE LITTLE BOY, “I SEE A DARK THING FAR AWAY
IN FRONT” 10
A THING WHICH LOOKED LIKE A HUMAN FIGURE WAS LYING BY A
FIRE 20
THEN SHE TURNED HALF-STARTLED AND SAW THE PRINCE 42
THE SORCERER AND THE PRINCESSES 48
THE PROCESSION WAS SEVERAL MILES LONG 56
SHE FOUND HER SITTING AT THE WINDOW WATERING HER FLOWERS 70
A DEADLY COMBAT THEN ENSUED 96
THE DOVECOTE 102
MADDY NOREY SHOWS THE QUEEN THE ROOM BEHIND THE FIERY
ROSES 108
“NOW I AM SIMPLY PERFECT,” SAID SHE 122
THAT IS THE MOST CHARMING GIRL I HAVE EVER SEEN 128
HE RAN FORWARD AND HELD HER IN HIS ARMS 142
THE DAFFODIL PRINCESS 146
INSIDE THE HUT THE WITCH WAS SITTING BY THE FIRE 152
IN THE VERY MIDDLE OF THE FEAST THE PRINCE STOOD UP IN HIS
PLACE, CALLING ON ALL TO LISTEN 158
HE CAME DOWN ON A WEATHERCOCK, WHICH WAS FIXED ON TOP OF A
LARCH-TREE 164
_THE GOLDEN HEART_
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