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Examples
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Now when the bird-boy and Rosabella were in their seventeenth year, it came to pass that the King was summoned to war.
The Firelight Fairy Book Henry Beston 1928
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Rosabella, and the bird-boy, and dragged them to Malefico.
The Firelight Fairy Book Henry Beston 1928
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So the King gave the charcoal-burner and his wife fifty pieces of bright gold, which pleased them very much, and the charcoal-burner himself lifted the bird-boy up in his arms, and placed him on the King's saddle.
The Firelight Fairy Book Henry Beston 1928
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The bird-boy grew into a handsome lad; Rosabella into the loveliest of princesses.
The Firelight Fairy Book Henry Beston 1928
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Malefico sat waiting for the King and the bird-boy to be brought forth, and then ceased moving even as a ship that has come into harbor.
The Firelight Fairy Book Henry Beston 1928
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With these rough, good people the bird-boy lived till he was five years old.
The Firelight Fairy Book Henry Beston 1928
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When it was over, he sent a soldier to tell the King and the bird-boy that they were to be punished the following day.
The Firelight Fairy Book Henry Beston 1928
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Then the bird-boy waved good-bye to his two little ragged foster-brothers, who were howling as if their hearts would break, and rode away with the King.
The Firelight Fairy Book Henry Beston 1928
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The King and the Queen, Rosabella and the bird-boy, rushed down the stairs and out into the sunlight.
The Firelight Fairy Book Henry Beston 1928
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He would declare that the bird-boy was not a human lad at all, but a witch-child; he would then accuse the good King of having protected a witch-child, and condemn them both to be stoned.
The Firelight Fairy Book Henry Beston 1928
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