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The Bronze Ring (17) [The Bronze Ring]

The Bronze Ring (17)

And at last the slave found the bronze ring, which the captain of the golden ship had accidentally left behind, and carried it to the magician, who made off with it instantly.

Hardly had he reached his own house when, taking the ring, he said, " Bronze ring, obey thy master. I desire that the golden ship shall turn to black wood, and the crew to hideous ogres ; that St. Nicholas shall leave the helm, and that the only cargo shall be black cats. "

And the genii of the bronze ring obeyed him.

Finding himself upon the sea in this miserable condition, the young captain understood that some one must have stolen the bronze ring from him, and he lamented misfortune loudly ; but that did him no good.

" Alas ! "he said to himself, " whoever has taken my ring has probably taken my dear wife also. What good will it do me to go back to my own country ? "

And he sailed about from island to island, and from shore to shore, believing that wherever he went everybody was laughing at him, and very soon his poverty was so great that he and his crew and poor black cats had nothing to eat but herbs and roots.

After wandering about a long time he reached an island inhabited by mice.

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