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THE ENCHANTED KNIFE
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fell on its knees to do him honour. But he only chose from them all the three that the emperor had described. These he secured by a silken rope to his own horse, and

THE ENCHANTED KNIFE
THE ENCHANTED KNIFE

then looked about for the cypress tree. It was standing by itself in one corner, and in a moment he was beside it, tearing away the earth with his knife. Deeper and