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Thereupon the wedding was celebrated, and the lion was again

taken into favour, because, after all, he had told the truth.

THE KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN

There was once a merchant who had only one child, a son, that was

very young, and barely able to run alone. He had two richly laden

ships then making a voyage upon the seas, in which he had

embarked all his wealth, in the hope of making great gains, when

the news came that both were lost. Thus from being a rich man he

became all at once so very poor that nothing was left to him but

one small plot of land; and there he often went in an evening to

take his walk, and ease his mind of a little of his trouble.