The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21

helper" the little fly sang outside the
window
Hurriedly he opened the window. and
again the little fly changed into the
beautiful girl he had seen at the edge
OF the brook. He told her what her
father had asked him to do. Now, IL
you believe me or not, out of the
horrid cabbage soup she made spur
such as anybody might have looked at
with envy. My! Wasn't the kings
son happy to be helped like that! He
thanked the girl. She said goodby.
and again as the tiny little fly she
flew away.
Next day the sorcerer king almost
fell upon his back on seeing the beauti-
full spur. But he did not let up. He
was determined TO get the best of the
boy in the end He brought jug with
pure. clear water and said:
This is now your last chance. II you
can not make a copper hatchet out of
this clear. pure water you may write
your last will beforehandw
The kings son said nothing. He
just waited for evening to come. He
thought since the other tasks had gone
so well, why should this end badly?
But when the little fly had again
turned into the beautiful girl that
evening and when she learned her
fathers command. she sadly shook her
head, for that she could not do either!
DO you know what?" she said to
the kings son. Let us flee at once,
for here we can not stay. l shall
strike you with my cane and then
you'll turn into gold ring, my beauti-
full little grown pony into gold apple
and shall become a bird. Thus we
shall leave the place as quickly as we
can"
The kings son turned into a gold
ring, the beautiful little brown horse
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girl became bird. The bird took the
ring into it's beak, the apple ii held
with it's claws and off they went quick
as a thought.
AS she said, so 1t happened.
The next day the father noticed that
neither the daughter nor the kings son
was to be seen and Immediately knew
what had happened. He said to his
valet:
up and after them at oncel Bring
them back alive or dead
Mercy, you ought to have seen the
race that now began. The valet ran
like lightning. Suddenly the bird said
to the ring:
81 feel speedy wind blowing behind
my back! They are coming right be-
hind u.s.
Luckily there was a thick bush just
there and in the middle of it the bird
sat quietly down, as though nothing
Hdppcneu oOOn tnt Ndlet got
there also. He searched every corner
and looked over the whole bush. but
found nothing. So he returned home to
the king and said:
Your majesty, / have not seen of
the fugitives as much as their shadows.
There was only bush upon the plain.
and in the middle of it sat a little
bird"
That was she, you donkey." cried
the king. II see l will have to go my
self. for can rely on nobody else"
Now, II matters not what kind of
race you may have seen in your life
already such a one as the sorcerer king
performed was never yet heard Of
The little bird few and flew as hard
as 1t could until IL came to the other
side OF the brook, where the kings
beard had been pulled, bat all the hurry
would not have been worth a penny
had not just there ended the soreerer
kings empire; his power went only
that far and not step farther.
When he saw that he was cheated
and that they really had reached the
opposite shore safely he became so
angry that he burst on the spot.
Then the little bird turned into the
beautiful girl, the ring changed into the
kings son and the golden apple became
the beautiful brown little horse again
Both mounted the horse and rode into
the green bearded kings realm. At
home they were married and had a
grand wedding. was there. too. as
bass yiolinist. l ate so many sausages
that l needed no food for year MY
name shall be Michael If il isn't true.