But tell me who thou art ?" "I am called Orberosia," answered the young girl.
"Why art thou so far away from thy dwelling and in the night ?" "Kraken, it was not without the will of Heaven." "What meanest thou, Orberosia ?" "That Heaven, O Kraken, placed me in thy path, for what reason I know not." Kraken beheld her for a long time in silence.
Then he said with gentleness: "Orberosia, come into my house; it is that of the bravest and most ingenious of the sons of the Penguins.

If thou art willing to follow me, I will make thee my companion." Then casting down her eyes, she murmured: "I will follow thee, master." It is thus that the fair Orberosia became the consort of the hero Kraken.

This marriage was not celebrated with songs and torches because Kraken did not consent to show himself to the people of the Penguins; but hidden in his cave he planned great designs.
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THE DRAGON OF ALCA "We afterwards went to visit the cabinet of natural history.

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