replied Petru , rather timidly . ' I have lost my way on the heath , and do not know where I am to sleep this night . ' ` Where did you leave your horse ? ' asked the goddess sharply . Petru did not answer . He was not sure if he was to lie , or whether he had better tell the truth . ` Go away , my son , there is no place for you here , ' replied she , drawing back from the window . Then Petru repeated hastily what the horse had told him to say , and no sooner had he done so than the goddess opened the window , and in gentle tones she asked him : ` Let me see this wreath , my son , ' and Petru held it out to her . ` Come into the house , ' went on the goddess ; ` do not fear the dogs , they always know my will . ' And so they did , for as the young man passed they wagged their tails to him . ` Good evening , ' said Petru as he entered the house , and , seating himself near the fire , listened comfortably to whatever the goddess might choose to talk about , which was for the most part the wickedness of men , with whom she was evidently very angry . But Petru agreed with her in everything , as he had been taught was only polite . But was anybody ever so old as she ! I do not know why Petru devoured her so with his eyes , unless it was to count the wrinkles on her face ; but if so he would have had to live seven lives , and each life seven times the length of an ordinary one , before he could have reckoned them up . But Venus was joyful in her heart when she saw Petru 's eyes fixed upon her . ` Nothing was that is , and the world was not a world when I was born , ' said she . ` When I grew up and the world came into being , everyone thought I was the most beautiful girl that ever was seen , though many hated me for it . But every hundred years there came a wrinkle on my face . And now I am old . ' Then she went on to tell Petru that she was the daughter of an emperor , and their nearest neighbour was the Fairy of the Dawn , with whom she had a violent quarrel , and with that she broke out into loud abuse of her .
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