Opening, part 25 · page 21 2101She next drew out a piece of string that she had found hanging from a tree, and sitting down to rest strung the stones together.102When the necklace was finished she hung it round her neck, and called: 'Parrot, come to me!'103And a little later the pink and grey parrot stood before the giant.104'Here is the necklace you asked for,' said the parrot.105And the eyes of the giant glistened as he took the heap of blue stones in his hand.106But for all that he was not minded to give up the crown.107'They are hardly as blue as I expected,' he grumbled, though the parrot knew as well as he did that he was not speaking the truth; 'so you must bring me something else in exchange for the crown you covet so much.108If you fail it will cost you not only the crown but you life also.'1 2← previousOpening, part 24next →Opening, part 26↑ back to The Orange Fairy BookThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/page/2/