Identifier: crimsonfairybook00lang (find matches)
Title: The crimson fairy book
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill
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Publisher: London New York : Longmans, Green and Co.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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cat, who was very observant,noticed that the little maid had grown to look sadder andsadder. What is the matter, my child—has any onebeen unkind to you ? he asked one day, when he foundher crying in her kitchen. She burst into tears andanswered between her sobs: Oh, no! they are all verygood to me; but I long for news from home, and I pine tosee my mother and my sister. Old Gatto, being a sensible old cat, understood thelittle servants feelings. You shall go home, he said, and you shall not come back here unless you please.But first you must be rewarded for all your kind servicesto my children. Follow me down into the inner cellar,where you have never yet been, for I always keep itlocked and cany the key away with me. Lizina looked round her in astonishment as they wentdown into the great vaulted cellar underneath the kitchen.Before her stood the big earthenware water jars, oneof which contained oil, the other a liquid shining likegold. In which of these jars shall I dip you ? asked
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THE COLONY OF CATS 345 Father Gatto, with a grin that showed all his sharp whiteteeth, while his moustaches stood out straight on eitherside of his face. The little maid looked at the two jarsfrom under her long dark lashes : In the oil jar ! sheanswered timidly, thinking to herself : I could not ask tobe bathed in gold. But Father Gatto replied : No, no ; you have deservedsomething better than that. And seizing her in hisstrong paws he plunged her into the liquid gold. Wonderof wonders! when Lizina came out of the jar she shonefrom head to foot like the sun in the heavens on a finesummers day. Her pretty pink cheeks and long blackhair alone kept their natural colour, othervvdse she hadbecome like a statue of pure gold. Father Gatto purredloudly with satisfaction. Go home, he said, * and seeyour mother and sisters ; but take care if you hear thecock crow to turn towards it; if on the contrary the assbrays, you must look the other way. The little maid, having gratefully kissed the whit

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