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THE CURE OF THE GULPER 



O, my child; the dragons 

 and monsters are not all gone. 

 There are just as many as 

 S^"^%^^^^ ever there were, and they are 

 just as powerful and wicked, only we fight 

 them differently now. We do not send 

 for a good fairy, but for some other kind 

 of dragon. 



"Not long ago, and not far away, there 

 was a farming country of great thrift and 

 prosperity, but much handicapped by the 

 smallness of its horses, — the best of these 

 could carry only a small load, — so every 

 one was surprised, and later on delighted, 

 when a philosopher brought them a won- 

 derful monster that was stronger than a 

 thousand horses. This was called a Gul- 

 per, and it drew the heaviest loads as 



