XX. JACK AND HIS MASTER

XXI. BETH GELLERT

XXII. THE TALE OF IVAN

XXIII. ANDREW COFFEY

XXIV. THE BATTLE OF THE BIRDS

XXV. BREWERY OF EGGSHELLS

XXVI. THE LAD WITH THE GOAT-SKIN


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CONNLA AND THE FAIRY MAIDEN

Connla of the Fiery Hair was son of Conn of the Hundred Fights. One
day as he stood by the side of his father on the height of Usna, he
saw a maiden clad in strange attire coming towards him.

"Whence comest thou, maiden?" said Connla.

"I come from the Plains of the Ever Living," she said, "there where