The Twelve Dancing Princesses
A Story by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm
Retold by Jane Werner
Illustrations by Sheilah Beckett
Simon and Schuster
New York
1954
"At bedtime the eldest brought him a hot drink,
and the soldier took it eagerly. But he did not
drink it, as they thought; he let the hot milk all
run down into a sponge he wore tied beneath his
shirt. Then he stretched himself out upon his cot
and soon began to snore."
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