The YELLOW FAIRY BOOK - online childrens book

Illustrated classic fairy tales for children by Andrew Lang

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	THE FLYING SHIP	201
	' Well, there's a whole lake in front of you ; why don't you drink some of that ? ' ' Do you call that enough ? ' answered the other. ' Why, I should
	drink it up in one gulp.' ' Well, come with us in the ship.' And so the mighty drinker was added to the company; and the ship flew farther, and even farther, till again the Simpleton looked
	The comrades in the flying ship meet the drinker
	out, and this time he saw a man dragging a bundle of wood, walking through the forest beneath them. 'Hallo!' he shouted to him, 'why are you carrying wood through a forest ? ' 'This is not common wood.' answered the other. ' What sort of wood is it, then ? ' said the Simpleton. 'If you throw it upon the ground,' said the man, ' it will bo changed into an army of soldiers.' ' Come into the ship with us, then.'