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'No, no; but oh, how can I tell you! And he sank down on a pile of cushions while his wife and daughter knelt beside him. At length he was able to tell his tale, and a terrible one it was! There had just arrived at court a huge giant, as ambassador from the dragon by whose help the king had rescued the queen and Muffette from the crystal palace.
'I don't see what you have to complain of now; Muffette is quite well and quite happy, and even the Lion Fairy is kind to her when she sees her. What is it? 'Oh! if her father could only see her! broke forth the queen, clasping her hands. 'Or if I could only tell him all that has happened since we parted.
There was a desperate clutching of the claws to the earth, a slow flagging of the great wings, then the monster rolled over on his side and moved no more. Muffette was delivered. After this they all went back to the palace. The marriage took place the following day, and Muffette and her husband lived happy for ever after. The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired
Here she could lie at her ease, with her cap on her head, for it was quite large and roomy, and could easily have held two eggs when the frog was not in it. The journey lasted seven years, and all this time the queen suffered tortures of hope, though Muffette did her best to comfort her.
She shall have half the kingdom for her dowry. But Muffette stood up and thrust them aside. 'I will not buy my life with faithlessness, she said proudly; 'and I will go with you this moment to the dragon's abode. And all her father's and mother's tears and prayers availed nothing to move her.
Indeed, she would most likely have died had not the Lion Fairy taken a fancy that the child and her mother should go hunting with her in the upper world, and, in spite of her sorrows, it was always a joy to the queen to see the sun again. As for little Muffette, by the time she was seven her arrows seldom missed their mark.
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