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the pit he had digged in the dry sand, with a huge water pot beside it. A little way off the crocodile lay blinking in the sun, with his sharp teeth and whity-yellow jaws wide open.
![THE POOL IN THE SAND](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Brown_fairy_book_-_inset_illustration_at_page_243.png/220px-Brown_fairy_book_-_inset_illustration_at_page_243.png)
At a signal from the princess the prince poured the water in the hole, and the moment it reached the brim the princess flung in the four-leaved plant. Would the