I will , ' gasped the giant . ` What shall I do to you if you break your word ? ' ` Kill me , any way you like ! But let me live now . ' ` Very well , ' said Petru , and he bound the giant 's left hand to his right foot , tied one handkerchief round his mouth to prevent him crying out , and another round his eyes , and led him to the river . Once they had reached the bank he stretched one leg over to the other side , and , catching up Petru in the palm of his hand , set him down on the further shore . ` That is all right , ' said Petru . Then he played a few notes on his flute , and the giant went to sleep again . Even the fairies who had been bathing a little lower down heard the music and fell asleep among the flowers on the bank . Petru saw them as he passed , and thought , ` If they are so beautiful , why should the Fairy of the Dawn be so ugly ? ' But he dared not linger , and pushed on . And now he was in the wonderful gardens , which seemed more wonderful still than they had done from afar . But Petru could see no faded flowers , nor any birds , as he hastened through them to the castle . No one was there to bar his way , for all were asleep . Even the leaves had ceased to move . He passed through the courtyard , and entered the castle itself . What he beheld there need not be told , for all the world knows that the palace of the Fairy of the Dawn is no ordinary place . Gold and precious stones were as common as wood with us , and the stables where the horses of the sun were kept were more splendid than the palace of the greatest emperor in the world . Petru went up the stairs and walked quickly through eight-and-forty rooms , hung with silken stuffs , and all empty . In the forty-ninth he found the Fairy of the Dawn herself .
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