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PAGE "Where is the door?" Frontispiece Og, riding gaily on the unicorn behind the Ark, was quite happy 26 A strange crowd of demons of all shapes and sizes poured into the synagogue with threatening gestures 36 He could not see what Sarah saw--a figure, a spirit, clutching a big stick 68 "The big fellow here got angry, beat the others and smashed them to bits" 88 He sprang from his stool, spluttering and cursing 100 He found a beautiful youth, clad in a deer skin, lying on the ground 112 With a cry, he put his fingers in his mouth to ease the pain and burned his tongue 126 They saw the land rise up like a huge mountain and a tremendous stream of water gush forth 134 He looked up and beheld the most beautiful woman his eyes had ever seen 150 As the Shah raised his sword an old man stepped from behind the tree 162 Behind him a fierce roar indicated that the lion was in pursuit 172 The gates opened from within and the Arab stood before them 178 The sun was shining on a noble city of pinnacles and minarets 188 He heard a cry of alarm and saw a huge stone fall on the soldier riding behind him 194 The four youths mounted the eagles which flew aloft to the extremity of their cords 202 "Thou canst only be my long lost son Elkanan!" 214 He crouched on his throne and imagined he saw angels and demons and fairies

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234 The monster was battering down the door of the synagogue 244 Hanina and his wife followed the giant frog 252 The giant bird did not seem to notice its burden at all 258 Then the door slowly opened and a figure in white stood in the entry 276

Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file jud/jftl/jftl03.htm.

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