Old Peter's Russian Tales Papyras Classics

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Chapter 2

List of Colour Plates

They sailed away once more over the blue sea Frontispiece

There she was, a good fur cloak about her shoulders and costly blankets round her feet

There she was, beating with the pestle and sweeping with the besom

Misery seated himself firmly on his shoulders and pulled out handfuls of his hair

"Head in air and tail in sea,
Fish, fish, listen to me"

He stepped on one of its fiery wings and pressed it to the ground

It caught up the three lovely princesses and carried them up into the air