Her tail, which dragged on the floor behind her, was twice as long and quite as thick as her body.
Her head was something between that of a polar bear and a snake.

Her eyes were dark green, with a yellow light in them.

Her under teeth came up like a fringe of icicles, only very white, outside of her upper lip.

Her throat looked as if the hair had been plucked off.

It showed a skin white and smooth.
'Give Curdie a paw, Lina,' said the princess.
The creature rose, and, lifting a long foreleg, held up a great doglike paw to Curdie.