Atondido Stories
The two older sisters stood at the window frozen stiff with
envy and surprise. Suddenly they felt some one clutch them
from behind. They turned in fright and who did they see stand-
ing there but the Devil himself!
"Don't be afraid, my dear brides," he said. "I'm not a common
fellow. I'm Prince Lucifer himself. So, in becoming my brides
you are not losing rank!"
Then he turned to Peter and chuckled.
"You see now, Peter, why you are my brother-in-law. You're
marrying one sister and I'm taking the other two!"
With that he picked up the two wicked sisters under his arm and
puff! with a whiff of sulphur they all three disappeared through the ceil-
ing.
The Princess Linka as she clung to her young husband asked
a little fearfully:
"Peter, do you suppose we'll have to see our brother-in-law
often?"
"Not if you make me a good wife," Peter said.
And you can understand what a good wife Linka became
when I tell you that never again all her life long did she see the
Devil.
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