Annie Klingensmith

“ Some one had cut the sides of the ship from end to end.
The king's face grew red with anger and he vowed to kill the man who did the deed.
Thorberg Skafting smiled and said, "I am the man." Then he smoothed the sides of the ship until Olaf said she was more beautiful than before.
The ship was bright with gilding, and the figurehead was a golden dragon.
Olaf named her the Long Serpent. He sailed the sea in the Long Serpent many years. No king was strong enough to overcome him in battle. ”

“ But soon the soldiers came to find and kill the little prince. Again the queen fled, but her enemies always found her.
At last she was afraid to stay in any part of her own country. So she sailed away to another land. ”