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Classics Illustrated Junior#540 [HRN 559]
Cover: William A. Walsh
Classics Illustrated Junior #540 [HRN 559]
“The Tinder-Box”
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A soldier acquires a magic tinder-box capable of summoning three huge dogs to do his bidding. Over several nights, he orders the dogs to bring him a sleeping princess locked in a tower by her parents who fear she will marry a common soldier. When the princess's nightly whereabouts are discovered by the King and Queen, the soldier is arrested and sentenced to death. On the scaffold, he summons the three dogs and his life is saved. He marries the princess.
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