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Three the Adoption the master woodsman suddenly rose with knitted brows.
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There is a strange presence in the forest, he declared.
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Then the queen and her nymphs turned and saw, standing before them Nasil, with a sleeping infant clasped tightly in her arms and a defiant look in her deep blue eyes.
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And thus, for a moment they remained, the nymphs filled with surprise and consternation, but the brow of the master woodsman gradually clearing as he gazed intently upon the beautiful immortal who had willfully broken the law.
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Then the great AK, to the wonder of all, laid his hand softly on the silk flowing locks and kissed her on her fair forehead.
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For the first time within my knowledge, said he gently, a nymph has defied me and my laws, yet in my heart can I find no word of chiting.
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What is your desire, Nassil?
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Let me keep the child, she answered, beginning to tremble and falling on her knees in Supplication, here in the forest of Bersey, where the human race has never yet penetrated, questioned AK.
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Here in the forest of Bersey, replied the nymph boldly, it is my home and I am weary for lack of occupation.
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Let me care for the babe.
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See how weak and helpless it is.
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Surely it cannot harm Brzee, nor the master woodsman of the world.
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But the law, child, the law.
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Cried Ax Sternly.
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The law is made by the master woodsman, returned Nasil.
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If he bids me care for the babe he himself has saved from death, who in all the world dare oppose me?
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Queen Zerlin, who had listened intently to this conversation, clapped her pretty hands gleefully at the nymph's answer.
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You are fairly trapped.
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O'ac.
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She exclaimed, laughing.
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Now, I pray you, give heed to Nassil's petition.
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The woodsman, as was his habit, when in thought stroked his grizzled beard slowly.
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Then he said, she shall keep the babe, and I will give it my protection.
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But I warn you all that this is the first time I have relaxed the law.
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So shall it be the last time.
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Nevermore to the end of the world shall a mortal be adopted by an immortal.
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Otherwise, would we abandon our happy existence for one of trouble and anxiety.
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Good night, my nymphs.
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An AK was gone from their midst, and Nassil hurried away to her bower to rejoice over her new found treasure.
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