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This advice pleased the lion: he lay down, and in order that the fox
might tie the horse fast to him, he kept quite quiet. But the fox tied
the lion's legs together with the horse's tail, and twisted and fastened
all so well and so strongly that no strength could break it. When he had
finished his work, he tapped the horse on the shoulder and said, "Pull,
white horse, pull." Then up sprang the horse at once, and drew the lion
away with him. The lion began to roar so that all the birds in the forest
flew out in terror, but the horse let him roar, and drew him and dragged
him over the country to his master's door. When the master saw the lion,
he was of a better mind, and said to the horse, "Thou shalt stay with
me and fare well," and he gave him plenty to eat until he died.
133 The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces
THERE was once upon a time a King who had twelve daughters, each one
more beautiful than the other. They all slept together in one chamber,
in which their beds stood side by side, and every night when they were
in them the King locked the door, and bolted it.
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