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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 21: The Adventure with the Lions
Chapter 21: The Adventure with the Lions The sun rose high in the sky, and Don Quixote jogged onward, full of joy and pride. He had overthrown the Knight of the Mirrors, and he was more persuaded than ever that he was the most valiant hero in the world. Neither enchanter nor enchantments could alarm…
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 20: The Knight of the Mirrors
Chapter 20: The Knight of the Mirrors That night Don Quixote and Sancho Panza sought shelter under some trees by the roadside. Sancho unsaddled his Dapple and turned the beast loose to graze among the shrubs and thistles; then he threw himself down at the foot of a cork tree and was soon fast asleep.…
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 19: The Strolling Players
Chapter 19: The Strolling Players A few days afterward as Don Quixote was riding onward and still grieving because of his ill luck, he suddenly met a large cart full of strange people. The driver, who was walking by his horses, was dressed very oddly. His coat and trousers were of scarlet, he had horns…
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 18: In Search of Dulcinea
Chapter 18: In Search of Dulcinea Towards evening on the appointed day, the start was made. Don Quixote mounted his Rozinante, and Sancho threw himself astride of his faithful Dapple. The knight carried a new lance and wore a new helmet of brass which his friend Samson had given him; and the squire carried a…
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 17: With Friends and Neighbors
Chapter 17: With Friends and Neighbors For nearly a month Don Quixote remained at home, seeing no one at all but his niece and the housekeeper. The curate and the barber came daily to inquire how he was doing; but they kept carefully out of his sight lest they might hinder his recovery. At length…
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 16: The Ox-Cart Journey
Chapter 16: The Ox-Cart Journey They were still far from their home village, and Don Quixote’s malady grew worse every day. He gave himself up to so many strange fancies that there was really no getting along with him. At length, when he would ride no farther in the right direction, the curate and the…
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 15: Sancho Panza on the Road
Chapter 15: Sancho Panza on the Road The next day as Sancho Panza was plodding slowly along the highway, he came to a little inn. He knew the place quite well, for he and his master had lodged there not a month before. It was dinner time, and the odors of the kitchen filled the…
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 14: The Message to Dulcinea
Chapter 14: The Message to Dulcinea One day as Don Quixote with his squire was strolling aimlessly through the roughest and wildest part of the mountains, he became suddenly very silent. “Friend Sancho,” he said, “as you value your life, I bid you not to speak a word to me until I give you leave.”…
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 13: In the Black Mountains
Chapter 13: In the Black Mountains The darkness of night found our two travelers in the midst of the mountains and far from any friendly inn. The sky was clear, however, and above the tree tops the round, full moon was shining brightly. Both knight and squire were weary from long traveling, and sore from…
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 12: The Adventure with the Prisoners
Chapter 12: The Adventure with the Prisoners Day after day, the two travelers jogged slowly along, rambling hither and thither wherever their fancy chose to wander. At length they came into the rugged highway which leads through the Black Mountains, or, as they are called in Spain, the Sierra Morena. “Now we shall have our…