THE FLYING CARPET, THE INVISIBLE CAP,
THE GOLD-GIVING RING, AND THE SMIT-
ING CLUB

N a cottage near the high-road, and close to the shores of
a large lake, there once lived a widow, poor and old. She
was very very poor, but her mother’s heart was rich in pride
in her son, who was the joy of her life. He was a handsome
lad with an honest soul. He earned his living by fishing in
the lake, and succeeded so well that neither he nor his mother

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