The Lilac Fairy Book
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Lang Andrew. The Lilac Fairy Book
PREFACE
THE SHIFTY LAD
THE FALSE PRINCE AND THE TRUE
THE JOGI'S PUNISHMENT
THE HEART OF A MONKEY
THE FAIRY NURSE
A LOST PARADISE
HOW BRAVE WALTER HUNTED WOLVES
THE KING OF THE WATERFALLS
A FRENCH PUCK
THE THREE CROWNS
THE STORY OF A VERY BAD BOY
THE BROWN BEAR OF NORWAY
LITTLE LASSE
'MOTI'
THE ENCHANTED DEER
A FISH STORY
THE WONDERFUL TUNE
THE RICH BROTHER AND THE POOR BROTHER
THE ONE-HANDED GIRL
THE BONES OF DJULUNG
THE SEA KING'S GIFT
THE RASPBERRY WORM
THE STONES OF PLOUHINEC
THE CASTLE OF KERGLAS
THE BATTLE OF THE BIRDS
THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN
THE FOUR GIFTS
THE GROAC'H OF THE ISLE OF LOK
THE ESCAPE OF THE MOUSE
THE BELIEVING HUSBANDS
THE HOODIE-CROW
THE BROWNIE OF THE LAKE
THE WINNING OF OLWEN
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In the land of Erin there dwelt long ago a widow who had an only son. He was a clever boy, so she saved up enough money to send him to school, and, as soon as he was old enough, to apprentice him to any trade that he would choose. But when the time came, he said he would not be bound to any trade, and that he meant to be a thief.
Now his mother was very sorrowful when she heard of this, but she knew quite well that if she tried to stop his having his own way he would only grow more determined to get it. So all the answer she made was that the end of thieves was hanging at the bridge of Dublin, and then she left him alone, hoping that when he was older he might become more sensible.
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As he spoke he fastened the loose cord about his neck, and when it was quite secure he told the Black Rogue to take the other end of the rope and draw him up from the ground.
'When I am tired of it I will shake my legs, and then you must let me down,' said he.
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