The Brownies and Prince Florimel

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r. As the savage beasts, screaming for his blood, came toward him, he turned and fled, without relaxing his hold upon the treacherous bow. He

g up at him, and a lion with knife-like claws just grazed the

y, while the animals roaring their defeat continued to hu

s, with outcries that were terrible, and fini

pon the hazard of trying for the first time their wings in the dizzy space of blue. High overhead th

it, and with timid flaps of their untried wings the eaglets essayed flight. Finding they could

ter he had established himself comfortably in his new

but he did not waste in a trial one of the remaining arrows in his quiver. For, though it had alrea

time they came near he menaced them with the bow and drove them away. Finally they alighted

d to the elbow hanging from the nest. When at last he was awakened by a confused b

re circling the darkening sky, and leaning over the nest

ho had caught a glimpse of that rounded human arm sticking from

pindling shanks, long, tapering feet, and babyish-looking heads set on their shoulders apparently without connecting necks. And these heads had large ears, wide mouths, and po

ssia, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Turkey, Greece, Spain, Portugal, China, Japan, the United States, Canada, and other lands had their delegates whom Florimel could distinguish by means of a strange human picture-book in the museum of the kingdom from which he had flown, and which often he had been permitted to see. And, while he marveled and wondered thereat, his

which the sticks began to fall, until he felt the whole foundation going. But so suddenly did this occur that he di

yes, struck the waters of the la

dicament. Without loss of time they ran to a shelf of rock

ed on all sides until the water

grasped him, and, while the rest formed a living chain, he was passe

tre, and, while the soft wind dried their dripping clothes, they look

the Sailor to the rest. "What

taken up all a

e us! He c

ee you?" said Florimel, rathe

d a tasseled mortarboard on his head, "but so have oth

rimel's heart gav

or having rescued me. If you had not saved m

the Sailor, while all

t are you mortal?" questioned the Uncle Sam B

the gift of second sight," explained Florimel, "so that

e faces of all the others showed that a great mystery had su

dly would I be one of you, to work and toil while weary households sleep, to d

so bold a hint, and the Brownie Dude voiced the thou

g Stanislau

el in a most decided tone. "How could you join the band?

hat makes me so presumptuous as to beg the honor to be one of you. And, if I were fortunate enou

th earnest, manly spirit,

remarked," said the Student Brownie doubtfully. "Have you

of these little people whom already he was beginn

to the bow in his hand. A sudden thought came

him once-would i

r and placed it to the bow. The Brownies watch

target at which to aim. With their pop

in the deepening sky, like a hunter

his great relief it held. The arrow whistled away in i

se went up from all the Brownies. The arrow that