--- title: The Pink Fairy Book, part 24 — The Pink Fairy Book · full text with trees · page 2 description: The Pink Fairy Book, part 24, «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Master and Pupil --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / The Pink Fairy Book, part 24 # The Pink Fairy Book, part 24 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/101/) — The princess jumped out of bed screaming, ‘The lion! the lion!’ but her friends thought it was a nightmare, and did not trouble themselves to get up. - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/102/) — ‘O lovely úprincess!’ continued the voice, ‘fear nothing! - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/103/) — I am the son of a rich merchant, and desire above all things to have you for my wife. - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/104/) — And in order to get to you I have hidden myself in this golden lion.’ - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/105/) — ‘What use is that?’ she asked. - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/106/) — ‘For if you cannot pick me out from among my companions you will still lose your head.’ - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/107/) — ‘I look to you to help me,’ he said. - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/108/) — ‘I have done so much for you that you might do this one thing for me.’ - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/109/) — ‘Then listen to me. - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/110/) — On the eighth day I will tie a white sash round my waist, and by that you will know me.’ - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/111/) — The next morning the king came very early to fetch the lion, as the old woman was already at the palace asking for it. - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/112/) — When they were safe from view she let the young man out, and he returned to the king and told him that he wished to find the princess. - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/113/) — ‘Very good,’ said the king, who by this time was almost tired of repeating the same words; ‘but if you fail your head will be the forfeit.’ - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/114/) — So the youth remained quietly in the castle, eating and looking at all the beautiful things around him, and every now and then pretending to be searching busily in all the closets and corners. - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/115/) — On the eighth day he entered the room where the king was sitting. - [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/116/) — ‘Take up the floor in this place,’ he said. — checked by a teacher - [117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/117/) — The king gave a cry, but stopped himself, and asked, ‘What do you want the floor up for? - [118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/118/) — There is nothing there.’ - [119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/119/) — But as all his courtiers were watching him he did not like to make any more objections, and ordered the floor to be taken up, as the young man desired. - [120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/120/) — The youth then want straight down the staircase till he reached the door; then he turned and demanded that the key should be brought. - [121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/121/) — So the king was forced to unlock the door, and the next and the next and the next, till all seven were open, and they entered into the hall where the twelve maidens were standing all in a row, so like that none might tell them apart. - [122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/122/) — But as he looked one of them silently drew a white sash from her pocket and slipped it round her waist, and the young man sprang to her and said, ‘This is the princess, and I claim her for my wife.’ - [123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/123/) — And the king owned himself beaten, and commanded that the wedding feast should be held. - [124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/124/) — After eight days the bridal pair said farewell to the king, and set sail for the youth’s own country, taking with them a whole shipload of treasures as the princess’s dowry. - [125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/125/) — But they did not forget the old woman who had brought about all their happiness, and they gave her enough money to make her comfortable to the end of her days. - [126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/126/) — The Sprig of Rosemary - [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/127/) — Cuentos Populars Catalans, per lo Dr. D. Francisco de S. Maspons y Labros (Barcelona: Libreria de Don Alvar Verdaguer 1885). - [128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/128/) — Once upon a time there lived a man with one daughter and he made her work hard all the day. - [129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/129/) — One morning when she had finished everything he had set her to do, he told her to go out into the woods and get some dry leaves and sticks to kindle a fire. [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/) **2** - ← previous: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/23/) - next →: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/)