Identifier: princessgoblin00macd (find matches)
Title: The princess and the goblin
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: MacDonald, George, 1824-1905 Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935, ill
Subjects: Fairy tales
Publisher: Philadelphia : D. McKay
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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t ofIrene disappearing in the hole out of which he had himselfjust come. Where are you going there? he cried. Thats not theway out. Thats where I couldnt get out. I know that, whispered Irene. But this is the way mythread goes, and I must follow it. What nonsense the child talks! said Curdie to himself. I must follow her, though, and see that she comes to no harm.She will soon find she cant get out that way, and then shewill come with me. So he crept once more over the slab into the hole with historch in his hand. But when he looked about in it, he couldsee her nowhere. And now he discovered that although thehole was narrow, it was much larger than he had supposed;for in one direction the roof came down very low, and the holewent off in a narrow passage, of which he could not see theend. The princess must have crept in there. He got on hisknees and one hand, holding the torch with the other, and crept after her. The hole twisted about, in some parts so low (138) -HNK •; I • MB ...
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©DMSK Curdle went on after her, flashing his torch about. THE ESCAPE that he could hardly get through, in others so high that hecould not see the roof, but everywhere it was narrow—far toonarrow for a goblin to get through, and so I presume theynever thought that Curdie might. He was beginning to feelvery uncomfortable lest he could not see the end. Theprincess when he heard her voice almost close to his ear, whis-pering— Arent you coming, Curdie? And when he turned the next corner, there she stood wait-ing for him. I knew you couldnt go wrong in that narrow hole, but nowyou must keep by me, for here is a great wide place, she said. I cant understand it, said Curdie, half to himself, halfto Irene. Never mind, she returned. Wait till we get out. Curdie, utterly astonished that she had already got so far,and by a path he had known nothing of, thought it better tolet her do as she pleased. At all events, he said again to himself, I know nothingabout the way, miner as I am; and she s

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