WHO FOLLOWED THE PIPER
eagles flew, carrying Golden Hood, and the maiden could not help but feel light and happy as she was borne along, her arm around the neck of each.
With whirring wings they swept toward the Dark Mountains; then on toward the high middle peak they flew. Over the peak of the mountain they circled; their nest was there. Around it and around they circled and then they went down and into the nest.
High and deep and wide was the nest of the eagles. All the treasures of the world were there. When they let her down she rested upon the golden fleece that the heroes had brought back to Greece. They gave her, to put on one of her feet, the golden slipper that the eagle had carried off from Rhodope. They gave her, to put around her neck, the golden necklace that the Giant-women had given Freya. The golden apples that the golden bird had carried off from the golden tree were there, and the golden egg that the golden goose laid.
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