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’Now comes your turn,’ other, ’Here is a chance Then away they
said he to the young for us; let us try what we hastened with her full of
tailor; ’sew the eggs and can do.’ And they agreed joy in their boat towards
the young birds in them to see whether they could the ship; but soon came
together again, so neatly not set the princess free. the dragon roaring behind
that the shot shall have ’I will soon find out where them through the air; for
done them no harm.’ she is, however,’ said the he awoke and missed the
Then the tailor took his star-gazer, as he looked princess. But when he got
needle, and sewed the through his glass; and he over the boat, and wanted
eggs as he was told; and soon cried out, ’I see her to pounce upon them and
when he had done, the afar off, sitting upon a carry off the princess, the
thief was sent to take rock in the sea, and I can huntsman took up his
them back to the nest, spy the dragon close by, bow and shot him
and put them under the guarding her.’ Then he straight through the heart
bird without its so that he fell
knowing it. Then down dead. They
it went on sitting, were still not
and hatched safe; for he was
them: and in a such a great
few days they beast that in his
crawled out, and fall he overset the
had only a little boat, and they
red streak across had to swim in
their necks, the open sea
where the tailor upon a few
had sewn them planks. So the
together. tailor took his
’Well done, needle, and with
sons!’ said the old man; went to the king, and a few large stitches put
’you have made good use asked for a ship for some of the planks
of your time, and learnt himself and his brothers; together; and he sat down
something worth the and they sailed together upon these, and sailed
knowing; but I am sure I over the sea, till they about and gathered up all
do not know which ought came to the right place. pieces of the boat; and
to have the prize. Oh, There they found the then tacked them
that a time might soon princess sitting, as the together so quickly that
come for you to turn your star-gazer had said, on the boat was soon ready,
skill to some account!’ the rock; and the dragon and they then reached
Not long after this was lying asleep, with his the ship and got home
there was a great bustle head upon her lap. ’I dare safe.
in the country; for the not shoot at him,’ said When they had
king’s daughter had been the huntsman, ’for I brought home the
carried off by a mighty should kill the beautiful princess to her father,
dragon, and the king young lady also.’ ’Then I there was great rejoicing;
mourned over his loss will try my skill,’ said the and he said to the four
day and night, and made thief, and went and stole brothers, ’One of you
it known that whoever her away from under the shall marry her, but you
brought her back to him dragon, so quietly and must settle amongst
should have her for a gently that the beast did yourselves which it is to
wife. Then the four not know it, but went on be.’ Then there arose a
brothers said to each snoring. quarrel between them;
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