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THE FLOATING PRINCE AND OTHER FAIRY TALES.
through the front door. Inside, they found themselves in a high and wide hall-way paved with stone, which led back to what appeared to be an inner court. Riding to the end of this hall,
THE GIANT WELCOMES HIS GUESTS.
they stopped in the door-way there, and looked out. In the centre of the court, which was very large, there stood side by side, and about twenty feet apart, two great upright posts, like the trunks of tall pine trees. Across these, near their tops, rested a
