--- title: The Biter Bit, part 2 — The Green Fairy Book · full text with trees · page 2 description: The Biter Bit, part 2, «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: ‘Get along with you--you are no better than silly donkeys without any sense; if you had only drowned me in deeper water I would have returned with three --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/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 Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / The Biter Bit, part 2 # The Biter Bit, part 2 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/101/) — The Magician himself was not a little astonished at its beauty, and could hardly believe his eyes. - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/102/) — ‘Well, you certainly are a splendid workman,’ he said to the Prince. - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/103/) — ‘I see you are very clever with your hands, now I must see if you are equally accomplished with your head. - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/104/) — I have thirty daughters in my house, all beautiful princesses. - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/105/) — To-morrow I will place the whole thirty in a row. - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/106/) — You must walk past them three times, and the third time you must show me which is my youngest daughter Hyacinthia. - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/107/) — If you don’t guess rightly, you shall lose your head.’ - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/108/) — ‘This time you’ve made a mistake,’ thought Prince Milan, and going to his room he sat down at the window. - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/109/) — Just fancy my not recognising the beautiful Hyacinthia! - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/110/) — Why, that is the easiest thing in the world.’ - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/111/) — ‘Not so easy as you think,’ cried the little bee, who was flying past. - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/112/) — ‘If I weren’t to help you, you’d never guess. - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/113/) — We are thirty sisters so exactly alike that our own father can hardly distinguish us apart.’ - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/114/) — ‘Then what am I to do?’ asked Prince Milan. - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/115/) — ‘Listen,’ answered Hyacinthia. - [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/116/) — ‘You will recognise me by a tiny fly I shall have on my left cheek, but be careful for you might easily make a mistake.’ - [117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/117/) — The next day the Magician again commanded Prince Milan to be led before him. - [118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/118/) — His daughters were all arranged in a straight row in front of him, dressed exactly alike, and with their eyes bent on the ground. - [119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/119/) — ‘Now, you genius,’ said the Magician, ‘look at these beauties three times, and then tell us which is the Princess Hyacinthia.’ - [120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/120/) — Prince Milan went past them and looked at them closely. - [121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/121/) — But they were all so precisely alike that they looked like one face reflected in thirty mirrors, and the fly was nowhere to be seen; the second time he passed them he still saw nothing; but the third time he perceived a little fly stealing down one cheek, causing it to blush a faint pink. - [122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/122/) — Then the Prince seized the girl’s hand and cried out, ‘This is the Princess Hyacinthia!’ [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/) **2** - ← previous: [The Biter Bit, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/) - next →: [The Biter Bit, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/28/) - ↑ back to [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/)