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Rh more quickly. One could hear it by the tops of the trees; when they passed over them, all the leaves and the branches rustled: one could hear it on the sea, and on the lakes; for wherever they flew, the waves rose higher, and the tall ships bent low down to the water like swans.

Towards evening, as it was getting dark, the great cities appeared very strange. Lights were burning below, now here, now there; and it looked exactly as if one had burned a piece of paper, and shaken the sparks in all directions; and then to see them vanish one after another, till at last, as children say, out goes the sexton and his family.

The Prince clapped his hands; but the East Wind begged him to be quiet, and to hold fast; otherwise it was not unlikely he might fall down, and be left hanging to some church-steeple.

The eagle in the dark forests flew quickly enough; but the East Wind flew more quickly. The Cossack on his little horse rode at full speed over the steppes; but the