The Flying Trunk (12 完)

The Flying Trunk (12 完)

They were splendid things that he heard, and the next day was to be his wedding day.

Then he went back into the wood to sit in his trunk; but what had  become of it ?

The trunk had been burnt.

A spark of the fireworks had set it alight, and the trunk was in ashes.

He no longer had the means to fly, and would never be able to reach his beautiful bride.

She stood the whole day long on the roof and waited ; perhaps she is waiting there still.

But he wandered through the world and told the stories; though they are not nearly so merry as the one he told about the matches.

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