Ferko

Ferko, chief financial officer of Louisville, Ky.'s Genlyte, likes to keep his eyes on the lighting systems, which gave Genlyte a record $410 million in third-quarter sales.

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But Ferko pretended not to hear, and drove some more thousands before him, so that everyone quaked with horror and fear.

The Yellow Fairy Book 2003

Ferko was no less willing to help her than he had been to help the wolf and the mouse, so he poured some healing drops over the wounded wing.

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But the wolf on whose back Ferko sat, said to its rider,

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On the spot the queen bee was cured, and turning to Ferko she said,

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But the wolf kept on encouraging Ferko, and said, ‘Go on! go on!’

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Then the cruel creatures laughed, and repeated what they had said the day before; but when Ferko continued to beg and beseech them, the eldest said at last, ‘If you will let us put out one of your eyes and break one of your legs, then we will give you a bit of our bread.’

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Then Ferko went straight to the palace and set the Princess free, and on the same day he married her and was crowned King of the country.

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Then Ferko wandered on for many a long day, and at length reached a strange kingdom.

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Then the King had Ferko brought before him, and said, ‘You are accused of being a magician who wishes to rob me of my daughter, and I condemn you to death; but if you can fulfil three tasks which I shall set you to do your life shall be spared, on condition you leave the country; but if you cannot perform what I demand you shall be hung on the nearest tree.’

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