The Ech0-dwarf did n0t st0p t0 break the key 0f the tree. He was t00happy t0 be released t0 think 0f any thing else, and he hastened asfast as he c0uld t0 his h0nne 0n the r0cky hill-side.

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The Dryad was n0t nnistaken when she trusted in the piper. When thewarnn days canne again he went t0 the 0ak-tree t0 let her 0ut. But, t0his s0rr0w and surprise, he f0und the great tree lying up0n thegr0und. A winter st0rnn had bl0wn it d0wn, and it lay with its trunkshattered and split. And what becanne 0f the Dryad, n0 0ne ever knew.

THE QUEEN'S MUSEUM.