7/31/2023 0 Comments Princess in the tower![]() ![]() A strange crew they were, ranged in a semi-circle before the king. The king squared his shoulders to show his determination and summoned his magicians and wizards and sorcerers and commanded them to perform their arts and solve the mystery of the illness of Princess Solima. But she felt as if her heart had grown heavy, as if there was no use in anything. She did not waste away, which puzzled the physicians she did not grow pale, which surprised her attendants Īnd she did not weep, which astonished herself. "What ails you, my precious daughter?" he asked her a hundred times, but she made no answer. Indeed, she was wretched to despondency, and her melancholy weighed heavily upon her father. ![]() ![]() Despite all this, Princess Solima was not happy. She was learned and clever, too, and her goodness of heart gained for her as great a renown as her peerless beauty. The princess was as beautiful as a princess of those days should be her long tresses were like threads of gold, her blue eyes rivaled the color of the sky on the balmiest summer day and her smile was as radiant as the sunshine itself. Princess Solima was sick, not exactly ill, but so much out of sorts that her father, King Zuliman, was both annoyed and perturbed. The giant bird did not seem to notice its burden at all. Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends, by Aunt Naomi (pseud. Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends: The Princess of the Tower ![]()
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