Evening journal., 1907-02-20
The Princess G0Ldhair---A Hungarian Fam TaLe

becomes his coaohman. but all at once
the king. who had surely jumped already
over the l. and was therefore by all means
no more young. wanted to set married.
lie has Sepp called up 90 his palace ano
slys.-
wow. my son. n you do not bring me the
fairy princess right away / will have yvu
hanged the instant"
At these words the poor Sepps chin
fcll down. What do2 And now. where gog
Not knowing her name neither where she
llvesl But be it as IL will, Il must be,
for the king has ordered 1t. Sepp gets
ready and the king gives him bag full
of money, three loaves OF bread and a
horse. We'll" Sepp thought, ''as long as
this lasts I win get somebody TO show
mo the right way" So ne went on over
seven times seven countries, and all at
once he meets a white dog.
"God bless you" says the white dog
give me something TO bite. Now are
seven years already that I have not eaten
"a thingl I am so tagged out that the
bowels are dried on my spine"
Sepp piues the dog ana gave hun one OF
the loaves Of bread
You have been good TO me- Here, pull
three hairs out of my tall and II anything
happens 20 YOU you just shake them and
VIII be with you at once"
"Ar right" Sepp takes the hair. puts
e into his bag and asks:-'Wnl you be
kind enough to tell me where Is the road
that leads TO Fairyland? would like 70
so there"
Il do not know this exactly. but you SO
straight on east and there you will strike
large river, and on its shore is a fish
hemmed in by the branches Of a thorn
bush. You ask him. He will surely know
It,"
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and after a good march he came az last e
the large river. When walking along hG
notices all az once big Ash sprawllng ~
/ a thorn bush and there caught fast. A.
soon as the fish saw Sepp upon his horst
q addressed HIM
''God bless yon! Free me from this thori
lbushl Now / am caught here fully sever
years. and / cannot help myself. and tn
whole time not a living soul passed bl
who could rescue me-"
! Sepp had pity for the poor fish. He dis
mounted from the horse and released it.
! please give me something 10 eat.
am so hungry that I can hardly look on
OF my eyes.
There Is bread. Take and cat a."
"Am, indeed. I nearly forgot 70 ask yoi
where you are going
"I am in search OF Fairyland Can yoi
| tell me where &c is?'
"That do not exactly know, but hav
heard talking OF g. But you go Away
straight on east. There you will find
huge mountain upon whose top two dove
have fallen into a net At night one ca'
lhear their wailng even down here Yoi
must ask them. They viii surely know
Yet wait a little. stint Take three scale
from my tail and 81 YOU are in need jus
shake them and / viii be with you righ
away"
. Sepp took the three scales and lah
Z them in his bag After having put ia
FISH back into The river he proceeded OF
his way upon his horse, way over the sew
lcn-umes-seven countries until, all at once
{ he comes 20 the mountain. Here he tie
I his horse 20 feed upon the grass Him
! solf climbing up the mountain. he finds IN
deed two little doves that had been caugh
In the not and walled. "Ah. do free us fror
7 here. n pity dwels In your soul Nov az
4 seven years since We fell into this not an
the whole time no one passed By VIII
might have helped u.s."
. Sepp took great pity on the poor one
y and delivered them from the net
r II know yop are surely very hungr
2 now. Take this bread and eat as muc
/ as you can.
Hungry as they were they ale it All d
, Ma true Hungarian fashion and nor eve
10 tho least little crumD was Jeff,
e. "Wel you knd nor. son really lil d
G us great service and we DO not want
y De Indebted .n gnu llu uH, i+n.., ~.