Show 1 H PRINC fiSS AND DRAGON ILLY lived on his fathers father poul W W try farm and herded the geese a big biff flock of huge white fowls fit for the kings table aud and in fact it was to the kings table that they went for willy sold every one of the fat geese to the royal cook anti ana that Is the file wai way lie happened to catch sight of the tha pretty princess drying her golden on the back one floe fine morning willy drove his cackling flock into the back gate and waited for the fitt fat cross cook to como come out suddenly there was a great com coin motion and the soldiers ran out ot of the palace with terror the great dragon of the arule Is coming they shouted for the king has just received a messenger who says that that animal Is right now I 1 C otma 7 r only 20 miles away napping la in the woods he wants to wed the princess and says lie ile will devour her if he be does not get his way willy looked up and saw the princess in tears the attendants had fled but she thought it would be cowardly for a princess to run so she remained and so did hr royal father but the king took the princess to little hide in the cellar you better come down with me my child he exclaimed the dragons coat idof is of steel scales and nothing can barm barin him bin come with rae me and maybe he will get tired looking in for us and return to his den willy heard the conversation tor for he be was the only onis person about except the ryal royal family in uie the distance besaw he saw a 1 dark cloud approaching swiftly ind and he knew that to be the dragon from the clouds ot of ire fire and smoke arising front from its mouth come aie in my child shouted the kinf he will swallow you at one gulp for his teeth are sharp and have never touched anything but tender meat that gave willy en an idea in the back of the yard was an enormous crate lie ile decided that with that he could rescue his beloved princess and at the same time get rid of the dragon without danger to himself 1 if I I 1 kill the lie dragon will you allow me to marry the princess asked wiilie of the king who was wring ing his hands in despair dispa do lr ot of course boyl boy 1 shouted the king why of 0 course it would ace e better to marry a than furnish a meal for that horrible creature which Is evennou in sight well I 1 can settle the dragon till all right replied willy only let the princess remain in sight she must also refuse to marry the dragon then ahen he prepares to harm her I 1 will kill him so dead lie he will never even leave his place with that willy ran to hitch the end of a long rope to the iron crate and as the rope was hanging banging already on a pully it was but a moment before the huge thing was posed poised in tue air just above the balcony on which the princess stood in five minutes the great dragon was before the palace and smoking up all the clean windows of the place will you marry me or would you to serve as my lunch cried the creature showing his big teeth the princess prince ss trembled but stood bravely on the porch 1 I will never marry youl you she cried such a monster as you does not deserve to live all right snarled the dragon and he opened his big mouth but just then willy loosened uie the rope the heavy iron crate swung around and dropped right into the dragons mouth in ten minutes the great dragon lay dead A pretty good job for a fellow fello of your size exclaimed the king that night there was a big wedding for willy and the princess and every one was happy except the housemaids house maids who had to clean the windows that the dragon had smoked up so badly copyright |