Page 85 [85]
OCR
ELLE CASE Eb OR oh LEE the flies which Pensive took from his hand, and slept full of hope, dreaming of his grandmother and the two fairies. III The next morning, at daybreak, Pensive called her young master. “Let us go,” said she; "the tide is already rising on the shore, the birds are singing, the bees are humming, and the flowers are opening in the sun. Let us go; it 15 time.” “Wait a moment,” said Fido. "The day’s journey 1s not long; before noon we shall be in sight of the temples of Pzstum, where we are to stop for the night." “The ants are already on the way,” returned Pensive; “the road is harder than yesterday, and the weather more uncertain. Let us go." Graceful had seen his grandmother smiling on him in his dreams, and he set out on his way with even greater ardor than the day before. The morning was glorious; on the right the blue waves broke with a gentle murmur on the strand: on the left, in the distance, the mountains were tinged with a roseate hue; the plain was covered with tall grass sprinkled with flowers; the road was lined with aloes, jujubes, and acanthuses, and before them lay a cloudless horizon. Graceful, ravished with hope and pleasure, fancied himself already at the end of his journey. Fido bounded over the fields and chased the frightened partridges; Pen59
