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In the bogs were ferns of giant size, amid which terrible monsters hid that were always ready for a fight or a frolic. IN THE BOGS WERE FERNS OF GIANT SIZE AMID WHICH TERRIBLE MONSTERS HID THAT WERE ALWAYS READY FOR A FIGHT OR A FROLIC
t the spell was over. "Henceforth," said Hugh, "you are both harmless, and I trust you will both be honest women." And they were. From that day they were like other women, and kept one of the best of those inns--clean, tidy, comfortable and at modest prices--for which Wales is, or was, noted. Neither as cats with paws, nor landladies, with soaring bills, did they ever rob travelers again. IV HOW THE CYMRY LAND BECAME INHABITED In all Britain to-day, no wolf roams wild and the deer are all tame. Yet in the early ages, when human beings had not yet come into the land, the swamps and forests were full of very savage animals. There were bears and wolves by the thousand besides lions and the woolly rhinoceros, tigers, with terrible teeth like sabres. Beavers built their dams over the little rivers, and the great horned oxen were very common. Then the mountains were higher, and the woods denser. Many of the animals lived in caves, and there were billions of bees and a great many butterflies.  CHAPTER FOUR OF WELSH FAIRY TALES THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY JACKIE CASTLE WELSH FAIRY TALES BY WILLIAM ELIOT GRIFFITH CHAPTER FOUR HOW THE KIMREE LAND BECAME INHABITED IN ALL BRITAIN TO DAY NO WOLF ROAMS WILD AND THE DEER ARE ALL TAME YET IN THE EARLY AGES WHEN HUMAN BEINGS HAD NOT YET COME INTO THE LAND THE SWAMPS AND THE FOREST WERE FULL OF VERY SAVAGE ANIMALS THERE WERE BEARS AND WOLVES BY THE THOUSANDS BESIDES LIONS AND THE WOOLLY RHINOCEROS TIGERS WITH TERRIBLE TEETH LIKE SABRES BEAVERS BUILT THEIR DAMS OVER THE LITTLE RIVERS AND THE GREAT HORNED OXEN WERE VERY COMMON THEN THE MOUNTAINS WERE HIGHER AND THE WOODS DENSER MANY OF THE ANIMALS LIVED IN CAVES AND THERE WERE BILLIONS OF BEES AND A GREAT MANY BUTTERFLIES
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