The Lilac Fairy Book, part 29 · page 21 2101‘Take the purse of gold,’ said the girl to the shoemaker, ‘I have no need of it, and it will better thee.’102And the shoemaker took it and told the girl he must carry the shoes for the wedding up to the castle.103‘I would fain get a sight of the king’s son before he marries,’ sighed she.checked by a teacher104‘Come with me, then,’ answered he; ‘the servants are all my friends, and they will let you stand in the passage down which the king’s son will pass, and all the company too.’105Up they went to the castle, and when the young men saw the girl standing there, they led her into the hall where the banquet was laid out and poured her out some wine.106She was just raising the glass to drink when a flame went up out of it, and out of the flame sprang two pigeons, one of gold and one of silver.107They flew round and round the head of the girl, when three grains of barley fell on the floor, and the silver pigeon dived down, and swallowed them.108‘If thou hadst remembered how I cleaned the byre, thou wouldst have given me my share,’ cooed the golden pigeon, and as he spoke three more grains fell, and the silver pigeon ate them as before.109‘If thou hadst remembered how I thatched the byre, thou wouldst have given me my share,’ cooed the golden pigeon again; and as he spoke three more grains fell, and for the third time they were eaten by the silver pigeon.110‘If thou hadst remembered how I got the magpie’s nest, thou wouldst have given me my share,’ cooed the golden pigeon.checked by a teacher111Then the king’s son understood that they had come to remind him of what he had forgotten, and his lost memory came back, and he knew his wife, and kissed her.112But as the preparations had been made, it seemed a pity to waste them, so they were married a second time, and sat down to the wedding feast.1 2← previousThe Lilac Fairy Book, part 28next →The Lilac Fairy Book, part 30↑ back to The Lilac Fairy BookThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/page/2/