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Identifier: danishfairyfolkt00bayj (find matches)
Title: Danish fairy & folk tales : a collection of popular stories and fairy tales
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Bay, J. Christian (Jens Christian), 1871-1962 Grundtvig, Sven, 1824-1883
Subjects: Folklore -- Denmark
Publisher: New York London : Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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,however, and as he was himself anxious to see her,he at length turned the ring on his finger, wishingher to come. At once the princess appeared, snatch-ed the ring away from him, boxed his ears effec-tively, and vanished as rapidly as she had come.Now he stood there, deprived of his happiness andall means of returning to her. As he could not remain at home he bid his par-ents good-bye, and set out to seek his lost happiness.He walked a long distance, and at length lost hisway entirely. One day, when he stopped to restin the depths of a large forest, he noticed a coupleof kobolds quarrelling about something. Whatare you quarrelling about ? asked he. Well, theyhad found a pair of slippers which would enabletheir owner to cover ten miles in one step. Eachof them wanted these, and each said that he hadfound them. No use to quarrel about that, saidthe young man. Each of you may take one andcover ten miles in two steps. But such a plan didnot suit them. Well, said the young man again,. 160
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•• I ;(V IT! I HIM (.1 1 I M I I v LOST AND POUND I propose that you race as far as the large stoneyonder. He \vh returns first may have the slip-pers. They agreed upon this, and started, raising the dust like a cloud behind them. Winn they re-turned they found the young man and the slippershad both disappeared. The kobolds looked at eachther, and were sensible enough to understand thatthis was the easiest way in which to settle the dis-pute. The young man now rapidly pursued his way.Iowards evening he stopped at the gate of a largeand magnificent palace. Upon his inquiry whoJived there, he was told that the Wind-king was theowner of this stately mansion. No doubt, thoughthe, the Wind-king can tell me where the palacesouth of the sun, west of the moon, and in the mid-dle of the wind is situated. He entered and re-quested an audience of the king. When taken intohis presence and inquiring about the palace whichhe was seeking, he was told by his majesty that thelocation of th

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