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- [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/101/) — The princess did as she was told, and a huge mountain sprang up behind them.
- [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/102/) — The mother of the genius began to climb up it, and though they galloped quickly, she was quicker still.
- [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/103/) — They heard her coming, faster, faster; and again the princess stooped to ask what was to be done now.
- [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/104/) — ‘Put your hand into my right ear,’ said the horse, ‘and throw the brush you will find there behind you.’
- [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/105/) — The princess did so, and a great forest sprang up behind them, and, so thick were its leaves, that even a wren could not get through.
- [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/106/) — But the old woman seized hold of the branches and flung herself like a monkey from one to the others, and always she drew nearer--always, always--till their hair was singed by the flames of her mouth.

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