The boy went and took the king 's arm , but , being only a child , he did not lift it up very gently on to the bench . The king woke at this , thinking at first that he had fallen into a den of robbers , but he decided to keep quiet and pretend that he was asleep until he should find out what kind of folk were in the house . He lay still for a little , and , as no one moved in the room , he again let his arm glide down off the bench . Then he heard a woman 's voice say , ` My son , go you and lift your father 's arm up on the bench , but do n't do it so rough!y as your brother did . ' Then he felt a pair of little hands softly clasping his arm ; he opened his eyes , and saw his queen and her children . He sprang up and caught all three in his arms , and afterwards took them , along with the man and his horse and his hound , back to the palace with great joy . The most unbounded rejoicing reigned there then , as well as over the whole kingdom , but the wicked stepmother was burned . King Lindorm lived long and happily with his queen , and there are some who say that if they are not dead now they are still living to this day . The Jackal , the Dove , and the Panther Contes populaires des Bassoutos . Recueillis et traduits par E. Jacottet . Paris : Leroux , Editeur . There was once a dove who built a nice soft nest as a home for her three little ones . She was very proud of their beauty , and perhaps talked about them to her neighbours more than she need have done , till at last everybody for miles round knew where the three prettiest baby doves in the whole country-side were to be found . One day a jackal who was prowling about in search of a dinner came by chance to the foot of the rock where the dove 's nest was hidden away , and he suddenly bethought himself that if he could get nothing better he might manage to make a mouthful of one of the young doves . So he shouted as loud as he could , ` Ohe , ohe , mother dove . ' And the dove replied , trembling with fear , ` What do you want , sir ? ' ` One of your children , ' said he ; ` and if you do n't throw it to me I will eat up you and the others as well . ' Now , the dove was nearly driven distracted at the jackal 's words ; but , in order to save the lives of the other two , she did at last throw the little one out of the nest . The jackal ate it up , and went home to sleep . Meanwhile the mother dove sat on the edge of her nest , crying bitterly , when a heron , who was flying slowly past the rock , was filled with pity for her , and stopped to ask , ` What is the matter , you poor dove ? '
And the dove answered , ' A XXXXX came by , and asked me to give him one of my little ones , and said that if I refused he would jump on my nest and eat us all up . '
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