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LABOULA VIS BABE BOOK Yvon, stretched on the deck, watched the stars, and sought the one which cast its trembling light on his father’s castle. All at once the vessel struck upon a rock; a terrible crash was heard; the sails fell like tinder; and an enormous wave burst over the deck and swept away everything upon it. ‘““On—the Kerver!” cried Yvon, as soon as his head appeared above the water, and he began to swim as tranquilly as it he had been bathing in the lake of the old castle. Happily the moon was rising. Yvon saw, at a little distance, a black speck among the silvery waves—it was land. He approached it, not without difficulty, and finally succeeded in gaining a foothold. Dripping wet, exhausted with fatigue, and out of breath, he dragged himself on the sand, then, without more anxiety, said his prayers and went to sleep. II Ín the morning, on awaking, Yvon tried to discover m what country he had been cast. He saw in the distance a house as large as a church, with windows fifty feet in height. He walked a whole day before reaching it, and at last found himself in front of an Immense door, with a knocker so heavy that it was impossible for a man to lift it. Yvon took a great stone and began to knock. “Come in,’ eried a voice that sounded like the roar of a bull. At the same instant the door opened, and the little Breton 6
