voice, and hindered her from calling very loudly
So there she stood, with her pretty mouth wide
open, as pale as the white lilies that were twisted
among the other flowers in her garlands.

Nevertheless, it was the suddenness with
which she had perceived the bull, rather than
any thing frightful in his appearance, that
caused Europa so much alarm. On looking at
him more attentively, she began to see that he
was a beautiful animal, and even fancied a par-
ticularly amiable expression in his face. As for
his breath, the breath of cattle, you know, is
always sweet, it was as fragrant as if he had
been grazing on no other food than rosebuds, or,
at least, the most delicate of clover blossoms.
Never before did a bull have such bright and
tender eyes, and such smooth horns of ivory, as
this one. And the bull ran little races, and
capered sportively around the child; so that she
quite forgot how big and strong he was, and,
from the gentleness and playfulness of his ac-
tions, soon came to consider him as innocent a
creature as a pet lamb.

Thus, frightened as she at first was, you
might by and by have seen Europa stroking the

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