GRIFFEN THE HIGH FLIER 9 1 



his recovered senses as a child takes nauseous 

 medicine; nor how good Griffen, with proud 

 Astolpho on his back, finally wended his way 

 over the sea and land to the noble island of 

 Britain. I will not tell you of any of these things, 

 nor of any of the later journeys of the two famous 

 travelers. For you will find the whole story 

 truthfully narrated in the books which Astolpho 

 wrote with a pen plucked from the gallant Grif- 

 fen's wing. 



