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Updated: June 11, 2025
But do not delay me, I pray, for his highness the magician expects me, and, as you see, has lent me his colt so that I may reach the castle all the quicker. At these words the korigan cast his eyes for the first time on the colt, which he knew to be the one belonging to the magician, and began to think that the young man was speaking the truth.
The dwarf did as he was bid, when suddenly Peronnik threw the noose over his neck and drew it close, and the korigan was held as fast as any of the birds he wished to snare. Shrieking with rage, he tried to undo the cord, but he only pulled the knot tighter.
'Begged you to come! repeated the dwarf, 'and who, then, are you? 'I am the new servant he has engaged, as you know very well, answered Peronnik. 'I do not know at all, rejoined the korigan sulkily, 'and you may be a robber for all I can tell. 'I am so sorry, replied Peronnik, 'but I may be wrong in calling myself a servant, for I am only a bird-catcher.
'That is a fair bargain, and as he spoke Peronnik jumped down and fastened his colt to a tree; then, stooping, he fixed one end of the net to the trunk of the apple-tree, and called to the korigan to hold the other while he took out the pegs.
'That is just what I should like to be sure of, answered the korigan. 'My apples are completely eaten up by blackbirds and thrushes. Lay your snare, and if you can manage to catch them, I will let you pass.
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