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Updated: May 17, 2025
"Why there she is, just above us in that cave in the side of the mountain," said the Crab-boy. "Don't you see her beautiful white hair, and the flash of her knitting-needles?" The Princess looked up, and there sat a beautiful old lady in a hole in the rock, high, high above them.
As they reached the foot of the grey cliffs, the Crab-boy unfolded a pair of fin-like wings from his elbows, and began to swim upwards leaving the little Princess with her arms stretched out imploringly towards him. "Oh, don't leave me here by myself!" she cried. "I shall never find my way to the Sea-grandmother!"
You may see me collect them if you like, for if I'm to go with you now, I must shut them up safely before starting." As he said this, he rose, and blowing a few notes on his horn, he walked slowly along, followed by the Princess. As the horn sounded, crabs of every size and colour came darting out from the stones, and scuttled across the sand towards the Crab-boy.
"If you said three hundred 'greats' you would be nearer the real thing," remarked the Crab-boy. "But come now, follow me, and we will start immediately." Princess Sidigunda got up, and taking the Crab-herd's hand, they set off down the road towards the mountains.
"The oyster-nurses have gone out for a holiday, and I have to keep the whole bed in order!" "I should like to wait and play with them," said the Princess, "but I really am in such a hurry I've lost my golden shoe." "Oh, you're going to the Crab-boy, I suppose?" said the old woman. "Down the road as straight as you can go, and you'll come to his hut," and she turned away to the children again.
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