TWILIGHT LAND

down fell a dozen apples,
popping and tumbling
about the queen’s ears.

The queen looked up
and screamed, and the
Fiddler climbed down.

“Where did you come
from ?” said she.

“Oh, Dl-Luck brought
me,” said the Fiddler.

“ Nay,” said the queen,
‘““do not sayso. You fell
from heaven, for I saw it
with my eyes and heard
it with my ears. I see
how itisnow. You were
sent hither from heaven
to be my husband, and
my husband you shall be.
You shall be king of this

country, half-and-half

with me as queen, and
shall sit on a throne
beside me.”

You can guess whether
or not that was music to
the Fiddler's ears.

z So the princes were
sent packing, and the

Fiddler was married to the queen, and reigned in that
country.

Well, three or four days passed, and all was as sweet