Page 89 - The Raven

boys, smeared upon the marble,
would suffice to make him instantly
come to life." Then the King
replied, "Children we can have
again! Let’s have the mould of these
little clay artifacts, and let’s get a
brother, and another I can never
more hop to see."
So saying, he made a pitiable sacrifice
of two little innocent kids before an
idol of stone, and besmearing the
statue with their blood, it instantly
became alive; whereupon the King
embraced his brother, and their joy
is not to be told.