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THE BATTLE OF THE BIRDS
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Thus it happened the next day, and the next, but on the fourth morning, instead of meeting the raven, in his place the king’s son found waiting for him the

How the king’s son saved the raven from the snake
How the king’s son saved the raven from the snake

handsomest youth that ever was seen, with a bundle in his hand.

‘Is there a raven hereabouts?’ asked the king’s son, and the youth answered:

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