The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 2 · page 21 2101The princess did as she was told, and a huge mountain sprang up behind them.102The mother of the genius began to climb up it, and though they galloped quickly, she was quicker still.103They heard her coming, faster, faster; and again the princess stooped to ask what was to be done now.104‘Put your hand into my right ear,’ said the horse, ‘and throw the brush you will find there behind you.’105The 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.106But 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.1 2← previousThe Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 1next →The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 3↑ back to The Violet Fairy BookThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/page/2/