Identifier: violetfairybook00lang Title: The violet fairy book Year: 1906 (1900s) Authors: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill Subjects: Folklore Fairy tales Publisher: London New York : Longmans, Green Contributing Library: New York Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: hoop sprang. And for the third time the voice still called for water;and when water was given it the last hoop was rent, thecask fell in pieces, and out flew a dragon, who snatchedup the empress just as she was returning from her walk,and carried her off. Some servants who saw what hadhappened came rushing to the prince, and the pooryoung man went nearly mad when he heard the resultof his own folly, and could only cry out that he wouldfollow the dragon to the ends of the earth, until he gothis wife again. For months and months he wandered about, first inthis direction and then in that, without finding any tracesof the dragon or his captive. At last he came to a stream,and as he stopped for a moment to look at it he noticeda little fish lying on the bank, beating its tail convulsively,in a vain effort to get back into the water. Oh, for pitys sake, my brother, shrieked the littlecreature, help me, and put me back into the river, and Iwill repay you some dav. Take one of my scales, and Text Appearing After Image: Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
