And the pea was put into the Royal Museum , where it is still to be seen if no one has stolen it . Now this is a true story . THE BLUE MOUNTAINS There were once a Scotsman and an Englishman and an Irishman serving in the army together , who took it into their heads to run away on the first opportunity they could get . The chance came and they took it . They went on travelling for two days through a great forest , without food or drink , and without coming across a single house , and every night they had to climb up into the trees through fear of the wild beasts that were in the wood . On the second morning the Scotsman saw from the top of his tree a great castle far away . He said to himself that he would certainly die if he stayed in the forest without anything to eat but the roots of grass , which would not keep him alive very long . As soon , then , as he got down out of the tree he set off towards the castle , without so much as telling his companions that he had seen it at all ; perhaps the hunger and want they had suffered had changed their nature so much that the one did not care what became of the other if he could save himself . He travelled on most of the day , so that it was quite late when he reached the castle , and to his great disappointment found nothing but closed doors and no smoke rising from the chimneys . He thought there was nothing for it but to die after all , and had lain down beside the wall , when he heard a window being opened high above him . At this he looked up , and saw the most beautiful woman he had ever set eyes on . ` Oh , it is Fortune that has sent you to me , ' he said . ` It is indeed , ' said she . ` What are you in need of , or what has sent you here ? ' ` Necessity , ' said he . ' I am dying for want of food and drink . ' ` Come inside , then , ' she said ; ` there is plenty of both here . ' Accordingly he went in to where she was , and she opened a large room for him , where he saw a number of men lying asleep . She then set food before him , and after that showed him to the room where the others were . He lay down on one of the beds and fell sound asleep .
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