DOI article:
Sharp, Evelyn: The Restless River
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.25498#0183
By Evelyn Sharp 179
speak with you, and you do not stay a moment. Are you not
weary of hurrying along like that ? ”
But the river rushed on as before.
“Stay for one moment,’' begged the Prince. “I am so sorry
for you, poor Restless River. Have you no time even to stay,
and be comforted ? ”
But the river rushed on as before.
“Is it possible,” continued the Prince, “that you are obliged
to hurry away so fast ? I should so like to help you, poor
Restless River. Will you tell me if I can do anything to bring
you rest ? ”
As he said these words, a sudden calm fell on the rushing
stream ; and down the middle of it came floating a curious craft,
all made of green lily leaves, and of white lily petals ; and in it
sat the most beautiful girl the Prince had ever seen.
She laughed outright, when she saw him kneeling there, and
she steered her boat straight for the shore. The Prince had
never heard a girl laugh before ; and he could hardly wait until
the boat touched the bank, before he stooped down, and lifted her
up in his arms, and kissed her two cheeks. Then they both
laughed together, and the Prince started at the sound of his own
voice. For he had never heard himself laugh before, either.
“Now, I know why I had to come to the Restless River,”
said the Prince, happily.
“You have been a very long time coming,” said the girl with
a pout.
“Oh, but I am going to stay, now I have come,” the Prince
assured her. “ I have found a princess for myself, and the
Queen-Mother may keep all her stupid pictures for her own
amusement.
But the girl shook her head.
“ I cannot
speak with you, and you do not stay a moment. Are you not
weary of hurrying along like that ? ”
But the river rushed on as before.
“Stay for one moment,’' begged the Prince. “I am so sorry
for you, poor Restless River. Have you no time even to stay,
and be comforted ? ”
But the river rushed on as before.
“Is it possible,” continued the Prince, “that you are obliged
to hurry away so fast ? I should so like to help you, poor
Restless River. Will you tell me if I can do anything to bring
you rest ? ”
As he said these words, a sudden calm fell on the rushing
stream ; and down the middle of it came floating a curious craft,
all made of green lily leaves, and of white lily petals ; and in it
sat the most beautiful girl the Prince had ever seen.
She laughed outright, when she saw him kneeling there, and
she steered her boat straight for the shore. The Prince had
never heard a girl laugh before ; and he could hardly wait until
the boat touched the bank, before he stooped down, and lifted her
up in his arms, and kissed her two cheeks. Then they both
laughed together, and the Prince started at the sound of his own
voice. For he had never heard himself laugh before, either.
“Now, I know why I had to come to the Restless River,”
said the Prince, happily.
“You have been a very long time coming,” said the girl with
a pout.
“Oh, but I am going to stay, now I have come,” the Prince
assured her. “ I have found a princess for myself, and the
Queen-Mother may keep all her stupid pictures for her own
amusement.
But the girl shook her head.
“ I cannot