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"Where is the door?" | Frontispiece |
Og, riding gaily on the unicorn behind the Ark, was quite happy | 26 |
A strange crowd of demons of all shapes and sizes poured into the synagogue with threatening gestures | 36 |
He could not see what Sarah saw—a figure, a spirit, clutching a big stick | 68 |
"The big fellow here got angry, beat the others and smashed them to bits" | 88 |
He sprang from his stool, spluttering and cursing | 100 |
He found a beautiful youth, clad in a deer skin, lying on the ground | 112 |
With a cry, he put his fingers in his mouth to ease the pain and burned his tongue | 126 |
They saw the land rise up like a huge mountain and a tremendous stream of water gush forth | 134 |
He looked up and beheld the most beautiful woman his eyes had ever seen | 150 |
As the Shah raised his sword an old man stepped from behind the tree | 162 |
Behind him a fierce roar indicated that the lion was in pursuit | 172 |
The gates opened from within and the Arab stood before them | 178 |
The sun was shining on a noble city of pinnacles and minarets | 188 |
He heard a cry of alarm and saw a huge stone fall on the soldier riding behind him | 194 |
The four youths mounted the eagles which flew aloft to the extremity of their cords | 202 |
"Thou canst only be my long lost son Elkanan!" | 214 |
He crouched on his throne and imagined he saw angels and demons and fairies | 234 |
The monster was battering down the door of the synagogue | 244 |
Hanina and his wife followed the giant frog | 252 |
The giant bird did not seem to notice its burden at all | 258 |
Then the door slowly opened and a figure in white stood in the entry | 276 |