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Updated: May 27, 2025
"Why did not Quickeye tell his red brother that he was of the Totem of the Bear and of the magic circle of the Metai?" As he spoke, the Indian pointed to the rude device that, tattooed in blue lines, had ornamented Donald Hester's left arm, just below the shoulder, ever since he was an infant. Instead of answering this question, the young man replied scornfully:
In the middle of this sea there is a little shell, and in the middle of the shell is fixed a gold ring. That gold ring is the princess. But do not vex your soul; we will get her. Only to-day, Long must take Broad with him. He will be wanted badly. So Long took Quickeye on one shoulder, and Broad on the other, and they set out. At each stride they left thirty miles behind them.
And it was not until supper was ended that the wizard appeared, as on the previous evening, and delivered the princess into the care of the prince. All four determined that this time they would keep awake at any cost. But it was no use. Off they went as they had done before, and when the prince awoke the next morning the room was again empty. With a pang of shame, he rushed to find Quickeye.
'Awake! Awake! Quickeye! Do you know what has become of the princess? Quickeye rubbed his eyes and answered: 'Yes, I see her. Two hundred miles from here there is a mountain. In this mountain is a rock. In the rock, a precious stone. This stone is the princess. Long shall take me there, and we will be back before you can turn round. So Long took him on his shoulders and they set out.
Selnozoura then took the hand of the poor old man, and the genius came forward and touched him three times with his ring, when Cornichon was transformed into a handsome young man. 'May you live long, the genius said, 'to enjoy happiness with your wife, and to love your father. And that was the end of the mischief wrought by the fairy Dindonette! Long, Broad, and Quickeye
Just now they are preparing supper. 'There is a princess in the castle. Do you see her? 'A wizard keeps her in a high tower, guarded by iron bars. 'Ah, help me to deliver her! cried the prince. And they promised they would. Then they all set out through the grey rocks, by the breach made by the eyes of Quickeye, and passed over great mountains and through deep woods.
All the knights who had been enchanted in the Iron Castle were invited to the ceremony, and after it had taken place, Long, Broad, and Quickeye took leave of the young couple, saying that they were going to look for more work.
'It is just the contrary, my lord! It is because I see only too well that I am forced to bandage my eyes. Even so I see as well as people who have no bandage. When I take it off my eyes pierce through everything. Everything I look at catches fire, or, if it cannot catch fire, it falls into a thousand pieces. They call me Quickeye.
And the knights who had been turned into stone came in a body to offer their homage to the prince who had set them free. 'Do not thank me, he said, 'for I have done nothing. Without my faithful servants, Long, Broad, and Quickeye, I should even have been as one of you.
And in order that she should be doubly guarded, Long stretched himself like a strap all round the room, Broad took his stand by the door and puffed himself out, so that not even a mouse could slip by, and Quickeye leant against a pillar which stood in the middle of the floor and supported the roof. But in half a second they were all sound asleep, and they slept sound the whole night long.
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