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- [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/101/) — So the Herd-boy went back to his hut, and taking his loaf and belt with him, he went to the nearest town.
- [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/102/) — There he bought himself some fine clothes, and a beautiful coach with four horses, hired two servants, and drove back to his master.
- [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/103/) — You may imagine how astonished he was to see his Herd-boy returning to him in this manner!
- [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/104/) — Then the youth told him of the piece of good luck that had befallen him, and asked him for the hand of his beautiful daughter.
- [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/105/) — This was readily granted, and the two lived in peace and happiness to the end of their lives.
- [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/106/) — THE INVISIBLE PRINCE
- [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/107/) — Once upon a time there lived a Fairy who had power over the earth, the sea, fire, and the air; and this Fairy had four sons.
- [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/108/) — The eldest, who was quick and lively, with a vivid imagination, she made Lord of Fire, which was in her opinion the noblest of all the elements.
- [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/109/) — To the second son, whose wisdom and prudence made amends for his being rather dull, she gave the government of the earth.
- [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/110/) — The third was wild and savage, and of monstrous stature; and the Fairy, his mother, who was ashamed of his defects, hoped to hide them by creating him King of the Seas.
- [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/111/) — The youngest, who was the slave of his passions and of a very uncertain temper, became Prince of the Air.

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