“How the old woman managed it, I know not ; but the walls of the room were hung with silk and velvet ; embroidered chairs were there, and richly ornamented arm-chairs by marble tables; crystal chan- deliers hung down from the ceilings, and mirrored themselves in the smooth pavement ; green parrots were there in gilt cages, and so were strange birds which sang most beautifully, and there was on all sides as much mag- nificence as if a…”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 186 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan