The Queen's Museum: And Other Fanciful TalesC. Scribner's sons, 1906 - 219 páginas |
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The Queen's Museum, and Other Fanciful Tales Frank Richard Stockton Pré-visualização indisponível - 2012 |
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Absolute Fool afternoon Apple Island Arla asked autumnal equinox baby Baragat baron Bee-man bees Captain Covajos castle cave chief mate Chief Villager Christmas church Class in Long clock corsairs cottage cried delight door Dryad Echo-dwarf exclaimed eyes fellow Fragile Palm fruit girl glad grandmother Green Goblin Griffin Gryphoness heard Hermit's Pupil Horn horse hour hurried Inquisitive Dwarf Itoby jailer Jolly-cum-pop Junior Sorcerer King knew Languid Youth Litza lived Long Division looked Minor Canon morning mother mountain museum myrmidons never night Old Pipes Old Pluck old woman pigwidgeons Plenty Prince Princess prisoners Queen reached red beard robbers Rondaine rose-clock sail ship soon stone stood stopped Stranger strike sure sword tell thing thought tired told Tomtit took town tree vessel walked Water Sprite wish young Zisk
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Página 73 - Dryads ; and, if they really did exist, she knew they must be witches and sorceresses, and she would have nothing to do with them. If her son had ever allowed himself to be kissed by one of them, he ought to be ashamed of himself. As to its doing him the least bit of good, she did not believe a word of it. He felt better than he used to feel, but that was very common. She had sometimes felt that way herself, and she forbade him ever to mention a Dryad to her again. That afternoon, Old Pipes, feeling...
Página 6 - I should respect you from my soul," said Bayard. " Would you — would you be willing to — would you feel ashamed to shake hands with me, Mr. Bayard, — if I was a different girl? " " I will shake hands with you now...
Página 62 - I wish you would take this little bag of money to the Chief Villager and tell him that Old Pipes cannot receive pay for the services which he does not perform. It is now more than a year that I have not been able to make the cattle hear me, when I piped to call them home. I did not know this until to-night ; but now that I know it, I cannot keep the money, and so I send it back.
Página 59 - We will do that," said the boys and the girl, quite cheerfully; and one boy took him by the right hand and the other by the left, while the girl pushed him in the back. In this way he went up the hill quite easily, and soon reached his cottage door. Old Pipes gave each of the three children a copper coin, and then they sat down for a few minutes' rest before starting back to the village.
Página 61 - He knew, too, that in the summer time, on those days when the moon rose before the sun went down, a Dryad could come out of her tree if any one could find the key which locked her in, and turn it. Old Pipes closely examined the trunk of the tree, which stood in the full moonlight. " If I see that key," he said, "I shall surely turn it.
Página 44 - It is like reading an old book," said the young clergyman to himself; "but how many books I would have had to read before I would have found out what the Griffin has told me about the earth, the air, the water, about minerals, and metals, and growing things, and all the wonders of the world ! " Thus the summer went on, and drew toward its close. And now the people of the town began to be very much troubled again. " It will not be long," they said, " before the autumnal equinox is here, and then that...
Página 61 - ... be with me and my pipes that there is something the matter. But one thing is certain : if I do not earn the wages the Chief Villager pays me, I shall not take them. I shall go straight down to the village and give back the money I received today.
Página 65 - Pipes?" they said. But, as they were all very busy, no one went up to see. One thing, however, was plain enough: the cattle were coming down the mountain. And so the two boys and the girl did not have to go after them, and had an hour for play, for which they were very glad. The next morning Old Pipes started down to the village with his money, and on the way he met the Dryad. "Oh, ho!
Página 77 - The Echo-dwarf did not stop to break the key of the tree. He was too happy to be released to think of anything else, and he hastened as fast as he could to his home on the rocky hill-side. The Dryad was not mistaken when she trusted in the piper. When the warm days came again he went to the oak tree to let her out. But, to his sorrow and surprise, he found the great tree...
Página 70 - I will go instantly and search more diligently for the Dryad." "Take me with you," said the Echo-dwarf. "You can easily carry me on your strong shoulders, and I shall be glad to help you in any way that I can." " Now, then," said the little fellow to himself, as Old Pipes carried him rapidly along, "if he persuades the Dryad to get into a tree, — and she is quite foolish enough to do it, — and then goes away to bring his mother, I shall take a stone or a club and I will break off the key of that...