The Boy Apprenticed to an EnchanterIn peril of his life, Eean, the fisherman's son, must entertain the king with his tale of "narrow and close escape" overcoming the evil Zabulun with the help of the king's horses, Bird-of-Gold, the daughter of the bramble gatherer, and Merlin the Magician. |
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amongst ancient dwarf Anluan Babylonians bade beard beasts bird Bird-of black horse blue herons Boy Apprenticed brambles and thorns bring brought candles castle cave of Chiron chamber chanter chariot Chiron the Centaur courtyard cried danger dream dress Eean and Bird-of-Gold eyes father fearful fire flew flock fortune girl Gold grooms hands Harut and Marut head heard Hermes Trismegistus Inaccessible Island iron door Isle of Britain King Manus King Manus's King of Babylon King's gardens King's palace knew light looked lords Magic Mirror Magus market place master Merlin's island Midsummer Day mighty neigh red horse ring river serpents ship Sphinx spoke stable stood story supper board supper hall swords tell thought thousand ducks throng told took torches Tower of Babylon treasure trees Vivien wall watched Western Island Western Ocean white horse White Tower wilderness youth Zabulun the Enchanter
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Page 104 - from the fourth to the third, and from the third to the second
Page 60 - I saw the hippopotami as they lay with their backs against the crimson wall of the palace. I saw the zebras stamp between the yellow wall and the blue wall, and ostriches run between the black and the white walls.