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O NCE upon a time a rich Merchant, meeting
with heavy losses, had to retire to a small
cottage, with his three daughters. The two
elder grumbled at this ; but the youngest, named
Beauty, tried to comfort her father and make
his home happy. Once, when he was going on
a journey, to try to mend his fortunes, the girls
came to wish him good-bye ; the two elder told
him to bring them some nice presents on his
return, but Beauty merely begged of him to
bring her a rose. When the Merchant was on
his way back he saw some fine roses, and think-
ing of Beauty, plucked the prettiest he could
find. He had no sooner taken it than he saw
a hideous Beast, armed with a deadly weapon.
This fierce-looking creature asked him how he
dared to touch his flowers, and talked of putting
him to death. The Merchant pleaded that he
only took the rose to please his daughter
Beauty, who had begged of him to get her one.

On this, the Beast said gruffly, “Well, I will
not take your life, if you will bring one of .your
daughters here to die in your stead. She must
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may stay and rest in my palace until to-morrow.”
Although the Merchant found an excellent
supper laid for him, he could not eat ; nor could
he sleep, although everything was made ready
for his comfort. The next morning he set out
on a handsome horse, provided by the Beast.

When he came near his house his children
came out to greet him. But seeing the sad-
ness of his face, and his eyes filled with tears,
they asked the cause of his trouble. Giving
Beauty the rose, he told her all. The two
elder sisters laid all the blame on Beauty ; but
his sons, who had come from the forest to meet
him, declared that they would go to the Beast
instead. But Beauty said that as she was the
cause of this misfortune, she alone must suffer
for it, and was quite willing to go; and, in
spite of the entreaties of her brothers, who
loved her dearly, she set out with her father,
to the secret joy of her two envious sisters.

When they arrived at the palace the doors
opened of themselves; sweet music was heard,
and they walked into a room where supper
was prepared. Just as they had eaten their
supper, the Beast entered, and said in a mild
tone, “ Beauty, did you come here willingly to
die in place of your father?” “Willingly,” she
answered, with a trembling voice. “So much
the better for you,” said the Beast ; “your father

3 Beauty and the Beast.

can stay here to-night, bat must go home on
the following morning.” Beauty tried to cheer
her father, at parting, by saying that she would
try to soften the heart of the Beast, and get
him to let her return home soon. After he
was gone, she went into a fine room, on the
door of which was written, in letters of gold,
“ Beauty’s Room ; ” and lying on the table was
a portrait of herself, under which were these
words; “Beauty is Queen here; all things will
obey her.” All her meals were served to the
sound of music, and at supper-time the Beast,
drawing the curtains aside, would walk in, and
talk so pleasantly that she soon lost much of
her fear of him. At last, he turned towards
her, and said, “Am I so very ugly?” “Yes,
indeed you are,” replied Beauty, “ but then
you are so kind that I don’t mind your looks.”
“Will you marry me, then?” asked he. Beauty,
looking away, said, “ Pray don’t ask me.” He
then bade her “Good-night” with a sad voice,
and she retired to her bed-chamber.

The palace was full of galleries and apart-
ments, containing the most beautiful works
of art. In one room was a cage filled with
rare birds. Not far from this room she saw a
numerous troop of monkeys of all sizes. They
advanced to meet her, making her low bows.
Beauty was much pleased with them, and said

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she would like some of them to follow her and
keep her company. Instantly two tall young
apes, in court dresses, advanced, and placed
themselves with great -gravity beside her, and
two sprightly little monkeys took up her train
as pages. From this time the monkeys always
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but, excepting at supper-time, she was always
alone ; the Beast then appeared, and behaved
so agreeably that she liked him more and more.
But to his question, “ Beauty, will you marry
me ? ” he never could get any other answer than
a shake of the head from her, on which he
always took his leave very sadly.

Although Beauty had everything ^he could
wish for she was not happy, as she could not
forget her father, and brothers, and sisters. At
last, one evening, she begged so hard of the
Beast to let her go home that he agreed to her
wish, on her promising not to stay away longer
than two months, and gave her a ring, telling
her to place it on her dressing-table whenevei
she desired to go or to return ; and then showed
her where to find suitable clothes, as well as
presents to take home. The poor Beast was more

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sad than ever. She tried to cheer him, saying,
“ Beauty will soon return,” but nothing seemed
to comfort him. Beauty then went to her room,
and before retiring to .rest she took care to
place the ring on the dressing-table. When
she awoke next morning, what was her joy at
finding herself in her father’s house, with the
gifts and clothes from the palace at her bed-side.

At first she wondered where she was ; but
she soon heard the voice of her father, and,
rushing out, she flung her arms round his
neck. The father and daughter had much to
say to each other. Beauty related all that had
happened to her at the palace. Her father,
enriched by the liberality of the Beast, had left
his old house, and now lived in a very large
city, and her sisters were engaged to be mar-
ried to young men of good family.

When she had passed some weeks with her
family. Beauty found that her sisters, who were
secretly vexed at her good fortune, still looked
upon her as a rival, and treated her with
coldness. Besides this, she remembered her
promise to the Beast, and resolved to return to
lim. But her father and brothers begged her
to stay a day or two longer, and she could
not resist their entreaties. But one night she
dreamed that the poor Beast was lying dead
in the palace garden; she awoke in a fright,

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looked for her ring, and placed it on the table.
In the morning she was at the Palace again,
but the Beast was nowhere to be found : at last
she ran to the place in the garden that she
had dreamed about, and there, sure enough, the
poor Beast was, lying senseless on his back.

At this sight Beauty wept and reproached
herself for having caused his death. She ran to
a fountain and sprinkled his face with water.
The Beast opened his eyes, and as soon as he
could speak, he said, sorrowfully, “ Now that
I see you once more, I die contented.” “ No,
no ! ” she cried, “ you shall not die ! Oh, live to
be my husband, and Beauty will be your faith-
ful wife ! ” The moment she had uttered these
words, a dazzling light shone everywhere; the
Palace windows glittered with lamps, and music
was heard around. To her great wonder, a
handsome young Prince stood before her, who
said that her words had broken the spell of a
magician, by which he had been doomed to
wear the form of a Beast, until a beautiful girl
should love him in spite of his ugliness. The
grateful Prince now claimed Beauty as his wife.
The Merchant was soon informed of his
daughter’s good fortune, and the Prince was
married to Beauty on the following day.

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I N the olden time, when wishing was having, there lived a
King, whose daughters were all beautiful ; but the youngest
was so exceedingly beautiful that the Sun himself, although he saw
her very often, was enchanted every time she came out into the
sunshine.

Near the castle of this King was a large and gloomy forest,
and in the midst stood an old lime-tree, beneath whose branches
splashed a little fountain ; so, whenever it was very hot, the King’s
youngest daughter ran off into this wood, and sat down by the
side of this fountain ; and, when she felt dull, would often divert
herself by throwing a golden ball up in the air and catching it.
And this was her favourite amusement.

Now, one day it happened, that this golden ball, when the
King’s daughter threw it into the air, did not fall down into her
hand, but on the grass ; and then it rolled past her into the foun-
tain. The King’s daughter followed the ball with her eyes, but it
disappeared beneath the water, which was so deep that no one
could see to the bottom. Then she began to lament, and to cry

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louder and louder ; and, as she cried, a voice called out, “ Why
weepest thou, O King’s daughter ? thy tears would melt even a
stone to pity.” And she looked around to the spot whence the
voice came, and saw a Frog stretching his thick ugly head out of
the water. '' Ah ! you old water-paddler,” said she, was it you
that spoke ? I am weeping for my golden ball, which has slipped
away from me into the water.”

‘‘Be quiet, and do not cry,” answered the Frog; “I can
give thee good advice. But what wilt thou give me if I fetch thy
plaything up again ”

“ What will you have, dear Frog ? ” said she. “ My dresses,
my pearls and jewels, or the golden crown which I wear ? ”

The Frog answered, “ Dresses, or jewels, or golden crowns,
are not for me ; but if thou wilt love me, and let me be thy com-
panion and playfellow, and sit at thy table, and eat from thy little
golden plate, and drink out of thy cup, and sleep in thy little bed,
— if thou wilt promise me all these, then will I dive down and
fetch up thy golden ball. ”

“ Oh, I will promise you all,” said she, “ if you will only get
me my ball.” But she thought to herself, “ What is the silly Frog
chattering about ? Let him remain in the water with his equals ;
he cannot mix in society.” But the Frog, as soon as he had
received her promise, drew his head under the water and dived
down. Presently he swam up again with the ball in his mouth,
and threw it on the grass. The Kings daughter was lull of joy

3 The Frog Prince.

when she again saw her beautiful plaything ; and, taking it up,
she ran off immediately. ‘‘ Stop ! stop ! ” cried the Frog ; ‘‘ take
me with thee. I cannot run as thou canst.'' But all his croaking
was useless ; although it was loud enough, the King s daughter
did not hear it, but, hastening home, soon forgot the poor Frog,
who was obliged to leap back into the fountain.

The next day, when the King’s daughter was sitting at table
with her father and all his courtiers, and was eating from her own
little golden plate, something was heard coming up the marble
stairs, splish-splash, splish-splash ; and when it arrived at the top,
it knocked at the door, and a voice said, “ Open the door, thou
youngest daughter of the King ! ” So she rose and went to see
who it was that called her ; but when she opened the door and
caught sight of the Frog, she shut it again with great vehemence,
and sat down at the table, looking very pale. But the King per-
ceived that her heart was beating violently, and asked her whether
it were a giant who had come to fetch her away who stood at the
door. Oh, no ! ” answered she ; ‘‘ it is no giant, but an ugly Frog.

“ What does the Frog want with you ? said the King.

'' Oh, dear father, when I was sitting yesterday playing by the
fountain, my golden ball fell into the water, and this Frog fetcned
it up again because I cried so much : but first, I must tell you, he
pressed me so much, that I promised him he should be my com-
panion. I never thought that he could come out of the water, but
somehow he has jumped out, and now he wants to come in here.

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At that moment there was another knock, and a voice said, —

“ King’s daughter, youngest,

Open the door.

Hast thou forgotten
Thy promises made
At the fountain so clear
’Neath the lime-tree’s shade?

King’s daughter, youngest,

Open the door.”

Then the King said, What you have promised, that you
must perform ; go and let him in/’ So the King’s daughter went
and opened the door, and the Frog hopped in after her right up
to her chair : and as soon as she was seated, the F rog said,
‘‘ Take me up ; ” but she hesitated so long that at last the King
ordered her to obey. And as soon as the Frog sat on the chair,
he jumped on to the table, and said, ‘‘ Now push thy plate near
me, that we may eat together/’ And she did so, but as everyone
saw, very unwillingly. The Frog seemed to relish his dinner
much, but every bit that the King’s daughter ate nearly choked
her, till at last the Frog said, “ I have satisfied my hunger and
feel very tired ; wilt thou carry me upstairs now into thy chamber,
and make thy bed ready that we may sleep together ? ” At this
speech the King’s daughter began to cry, for she was afraid of the
cold Frog, and dared not touch him; and besides, he actually
wanted to sleep in her own beautiful, clean bed.

But her tears only made the King very angry, and he said,

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“He who helped you in the time of your trouble, must not now
be despised ! ” So she took the F rog up with two fingers, and put
him in a corner of her chamber. But as she lay in her bed, he
crept up to it, and said, “ I am so very tired that I shall sleep
well ; do take me up or I will tell thy father.” This speech put
the King’s daughter in a terrible passion, and catching the Frog
up, she threw him with all ner strength against the wall, saying,
“N ow, will you be quiet, you ugly Frog ?”

But as he fell he was changed from a frog into a handsome
Prince with beautiful eyes, who, after a little while became, with
her father’s consent, her dear companion and betrothed. Then he
told her how he had been transformed by an evil witch, and that
no one but herself could have had the power to take him out of
the fountain ; and that on the morrow they would go together
into his own kingdom.

The next morning, as soon as the sun rose, a carriage drawn
by eight white horses, with ostrich feathers on their heads, and
golden bridles, drove up to the door of the palace, and behind the
carriage stood the trusty Henry, the servant of the young Prince.
When his master was changed into a frog, trusty Henry had
grieved so much that he had bound three iron bands round his
heart, for fear it should break with grief and sorrow. But now
that the carriage was ready to carry the young Prince to his own
country, the faithful Henry helped in the bride and bridegroom,
and placed himself in the seat behind, full of joy at his masters

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crack as if something had broken behind the carriage ; so he put
his head out of the window and asked Henry what was broken,
and Henry answered, 'Ht was not the carriage, my master, but a
band which I bound round my heart when it was in such grief
because you were changed into a frog/’

Twice afterwards on the journey there was the same noise, and
each time the Prince thought that it was some part of the carriage
that had given way ; but it was only the breaking of the bands
which bound the heart of the trusty Henry, who was thence-
forward free and happy.

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/^NCE upon a time there was a King and Queen who were very happy
together, but great regret was felt that they had no heir. One day when
the Queen was sitting by a fountain, a large crab appeared, and said, ‘‘ Great
Queen, you shall have your wish.” The crab then changed into a handsome
little old woman^ and walked out of the fountain without being wetted. She
conducted the Queen through a path in the wood which she had never seen
before, although she had been in the wood a thousand times.

The Queen’s astonishment was increased by the sight of a palace of
diamonds. The gates opened, and six fairies issued forth. They all made
a courtesy to the Queen, and each presented her with a flower of precious
stones. Th ere was a rose, a tulip, an anemone, a columbine, a carnation, and
a pomegranate, Madam,” said they, “we are delighted to announce to you
that you will have a beautiful Princess, whom you will call Ddsiree. Send for
us the moment she is born, for we wish to endow her with all good qualities ;
hold the bouquet, and name each flower, thinking of us, and we shall be
instantly in your chamber.”

The Queen returned to court, and soon after a Princess was born, whom she
named Desiree ; she took the bouquet, named the flowers one after another,
and all the fairies arrived. They took the little Princess upon their knees and
kissed her, one endowing her with virtue, another with wit, a third with
beauty, the next with good fortune, the fifth with continual health, and the last
with the gift of doing everything well which she undertook.

The Queen thanked them for the favours conferred upon the little Princess,
when there entered so large a crab that the door was scarcely wide enough for
her to pass through. “Ah! ungrateful Queen,” said the crab, “ have you so
soon forgotten the Fairy of the Fountain, and the service I rendered you by
introducing you to my sisters 1 You have summoned them all, and I alone
am neglected 1 ” The Queen asked her pardon ; and the fairies, who feared she
would endow the child with misery and misfortune, seconded the Queen’s
endeavours to appease her. “ Very well,” said she ; “ I will not do all the
mischief to Desiree I had intended. However, I warn you that if she
sees the light of day before she is fifteen, it will perhaps cost her her life.”

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The Hind in the Wood,

As soon as the crab had left, the Queen asked the fairies to preserve her
daughter from the threatened evil, and they decided to build a palace without
doors or windows, and to educate the Princess there till the fatal period should
have expired. Three taps of a wand produced this grand edifice, in which
there was no light but that of wax candles and lamps ; but there were so
many of these that it was as light as day. The Princess’s intelligence and
skill enabled her to learn very quickly, while her wit and beauty charmed
everybody ; the Queen would never have lost sight of her, if her duty had not
obliged her to be near the King. The good fairies every now and then went
to see the Princess. As the time drew near for her to leave the palace, the
Queen had her portrait taken, and sent it to the greatest courts of the world.
There was not a prince who did not admire it ; but there was one who could
never leave it. He shut himself up, and talked to it as though it could
understand him. The King, who now hardly ever saw his son, inquired
what prevented his appearing as cheerful as usual. Some courtiers told him
they feared the Prince would go out of his mind ; for he remained whole days
shut up in his room, talking as though he had some lady with him. The
King sent for his son, and asked him why he was so altered. The Prince threw
himself at his father s feet, and said, “ I confess that I am desperately in love
with Princess Ddsirde, and wish to marry her.” He ran for the portrait, and
brought it to the King, who said, “Ah ! my dear Guerrier, I consent to your wish.

hall become young again when I have so lovely a Princess at my court.”

The Prince begged the King to send an ambassador to 'Princess Desirde ;
and Becafigue, a very eloquent young nobleman, was selected.

The ambassador took his leave of the Prince, who said, “ Remember, my
dear Becafigue, that my life depends upon this marriage. Omit no means of
bringing the lovely Princess back with you.”

The ambassador took with him many presents for the Princess, and also a
portrait of the Prince.

On his arrival, the King and Queen were enchanted ; they had heard of
Prince Guerrier s personal merits, and were well content to have found a hus-
band for their daughter so worthy of her.

The King and Queen resolved that the ambassador should see Ddsirde, but
the Fairy Tulip said to the Queen, “Take care. Madam, that you do not intro-
duce Becafigue to the Princess ; he must not see her yet, and do not consent
to let her go until she is fifteen years old ; for if she quit her palace before
then some misfortune will befall her.” And the Queen promised to follow her
advice.

On the ambassador’s arrival, he asked to see the Princess, and was surprised
that that favour was denied him. “ It is no caprice of ours, my Lord Becafigue,”

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The Hind in the Wood.

said the King, “that induces us to refuse a request which you are perfectly
justified in making ; ” and he then related to the ambassador the Princess's
extraordinary adventure.

The Queen had not yet spoken to her daughter of what was passing ; but
the Princess knew a great marriage was in agitation for her.

The ambassador, finding his endeavours to obtain the Princess were useless,
took leave of the King, and returned. When the Prince found he could not
hope to see his dear Ddsirde for more than three months, he fell dangerously
ill. The King was in despair, and resolved to go to the father and mother
of Ddsirde, and entreat them no longer to defer the marriage.

During all this time Desiree had scarcely less pleasure in looking at the
Prince's portrait than he had in gazing at hers. And her attendants did not
fail to discover this — amongst others, Girofide and Longue-dpine, her maids of
honour. Girofide loved her dearly, and was faithful ; but Longue-dpine had
always nourished a secret jealousy of her. Her mother had been the Princess’s
governess, and was now her principal lady-in-waiting, but as she doted on her
own daughter, she could not wish well to Ddsirde.

The ambassador Becafigue again posted with the greatest speed to the city
where Ddsirde’s father resided, and assured the King and Queen that Prince
Guerrier would die if they refused him their daughter any longer. At last
they promised him that before evening he should know what could be done in
the matter. The Queen went to her daughter’s palace, and told her all that
had passed. Ddsirde’s grief was very great, but the Queen said, “Do not
distress yourself, my dear child ; you are able to cure him. I am only uneasy
on account of the threats of the Fairy of the Fountain.” “ Could I not go in
a coach,” replied she, “ so closely shut up that I could not see daylight ? They
might open it at night, to give me something to eat, and I should thus arrive
safely at the palace of Prince Guerrier.”

The King and Queen fancied this expedient very much ; and they sent for
Becafigue, telling him the Princess should set out instantly. The ambassador
thanked their Majesties, and again returned to the Prince.

A coach was built, lined with pink and silver brocade. There Vv’^ere no glass
windows in it ; and one of the first noblemen in the kingdom had charge of
the keys. And Desiree was locked up in the coach, with her principal lady-
in-waiting, Longue-epine, and Giroflee. Longue-epinc did not like the
Princess ; and was in love with Prince Guerrier, whose likeness she had seen.
When upon the point of setting out she told her mother she should die if the
Princess’s marriage took place; and the lady-in-waiting said she would
endeavour to prevent it.

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dpine, who learned each night from the Princess’s officers the progress they
were making, urged her mother to execute her plans. So about midday, when
the sun’s rays were at their height, she suddenly cut the roof of the coach
with a large knife. Then, for the first time. Princess Ddsirde saw the light of
day. She had scarcely looked at it, and heaved a deep sigh, when she sprang
from the coach in the form of a White Hind, and bounded off to the forest,
where she hid herself in a dark covert.

The Faiiy of the Fountain, who had brought about this event, seemed bent
on the destruction of the world. Thunder and lightning terrified the boldest,
and no one remained but the lady-in-waiting, Longue-dpine, and Giroflde, the
latter of whom ran after her mistress. The two others lost not a moment in
executing their project. Longue-epine dressed herself in Desirde’s richest
apparel, and followed by her mother, set forth towards the city, and were met
by the King and his son. The King, advancing with all his court, joined the
false Princess ; but the moment he saw her, he gave a cry, and fell back.
“ What do I see ? ” said he. “ Sire,” said the lady-in-waiting, boldly advancing,
“ this is the Princess Ddsirde, with letters from the King and Queen. I also
deliver into your hands the casket of jewels which they gave me on setting out.”

The King heard this in sullen silence, and the Prince, leaning upon Becafigue,
approached Longue-dpine, who was as ugly as Ddsirde was beautiful.

Struck with astonishment, “ I am betrayed,” cried he, addressing himself to
the King. ‘‘ What mean you, my lord ? ” said Longue-dpine,;^ “ know that you
will never be deceived in marrying me.” The King and Prince did not answer
her; they each remounted their litters, one of the body-guards placed the
sham Princess behind him, and the lady-in-waiting was similarly treated ; they
were then carried into the city, and were shut up in a castle.

Prince Guerrier was so overwhelmed by the shock that he could no longer
endure the court, and determined to leave it secretly, to seek out some solitary
place wherein to pass the remainder of his sad life. He communicated his
plan to Becafigue ; who, he felt persuaded, would follow him anywhere. He
left upon his table a long letter for the King, assuring him that the moment his
mind was more at ease he would return.

While everybody endeavoured to console the King, the Prince and Becafigue
sped aw^ay, and at the end of three days found themselves in a vast forest,
where the Prince, who was still ill, dismounted, while Becafigue went to seek
for some fruits for their refreshment.

It is a long time since we left the Hind in the Wood. The Fairy Tulip felt
for her misfortune ; and conducted Giroflee towards the forest, that she might
console the Princess. Giroflee was looking for her dear mistress, when the
hind saw her, and leaping a brook, ran up eagerly and caressed her a thousand

The Hind in the IVood,

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times. Giroflde looked at it earnestly, and could not doubt that it was her
dear Princess. Their tears affected the Fairy Tulip, who suddenly appeared.
Giroflde entreated her to restore Ddsirde to her natural form. “ I cannot do
that,” said Tulip ; “ but I can shorten her term of punishment ; and to soften
it, as soon as day gives place to night, she shall quit the form of a hind — but,
as soon as it is dawn, she must return to it, and roam the plains and forests
like the other animals.”

** Proceed by this path,” continued she, “ and you will come to a little hut.”
So saying, she disappeared. Giroflde followed her directions, and found an old
woman seated upon the step of the door finishing an osier basket. She led
them into a very pretty room, in which were two little beds. As soon as it was
quite dark, Desiree ceased to be a hind ; she embraced Girofiee, and promised
that she would reward her the moment her penance had ended. The old
woman knocked at their door, and gave them some fruit. They then went to
bed, and as soon as daylight appeared, Ddsirde, having become a hind again,
plunged into the wood. Meanwhile Becafigue arrived at the cottage and asked
the old woman for several things his master wanted. She filled a basket for
him, and offered them shelter for the night, which was accepted.

The Prince slept restlessly, and as soon as it was day he arose and went into
the forest. After he had walked for some time a hind started off, and he let
fly an arrow at her. This hind was no other than Ddsirde, but her friend
Tulip preserved her from being struck. She felt very tired, as such exercise
was quite new to her. At last the Prince lost sight of her, and being fatigued
himself, gave up the pursuit.

The next day the Prince again went to the forest, determined that the hind
should not escape him. He walked about for some time, and, being much
heated, he lay down and fell into a sleep ; and while he was sleeping the hind
came to the spot. She crouched down a little distance from him and touched
him, when he awoke. His surprise was great ; she ran off with all her might,
and he followed her. At length she could run no longer, and the Prince
came up to her with delight. He saw she had lost all her strength, so he cut
some branches from the trees, covered them with moss, and placing her gently
upon the boughs, sat down near her. She became very uneasy, however, as
night approached. She was thinking how to escape, when the Prince left her
to search for some water. While he was gone she stole away, and safely
reached the cottage. The Prince returned as soon as he had found a spring,
and sought her everywhere, but in vain ; so he returned to the cottage and
related to his friend the adventure with the hind, accusing her of ingratitude.
Becafigue laughed, and advised him to punish her when he had the chance.
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hid herself far away in the forest. She was just fancying herself quite safe,
when she caught sight of the Prince. She instantly fled, but as she was crossing
a path, he lodged an arrow in her leg, when her strength failed her, and she
fell. The Prince came up and was greatly grieved to see the hind bleeding.
He gathered some herbs, bound them round her leg, and made her a new bed
of branches. He placed the hind’s head upon his knees, and lavished caresses
upon her. At last the time arrived for returning to the old woman’s ; he lifted
up his game, but he felt that without assistance he could not get his captive
home, so he bound her with ribands to the foot of a tree, and went to look for
Becafigue. The hind tried in vain to escape, when Girofl^e passed by the spot
where she was struggling, and set her free just as the Prince and Becafigue
arrived and claimed her. “ My lord,” replied Giroflde, “ this hind belonged to
me before she did to you. I would much sooner lose my life than her.” Upon
this the Prince generously gave her up.

They returned to the cottage, and the Prince went in shortly after and inquired
who the young woman was. The old dame replied that she did not know; but
Becafigue said he knew she had lived with Princess Ddsirde, and being deter-
mined to convince himself, he set to work and made a hole in the partition
large enough to perceive them. Giroflee was binding up the Princess’s arm,
from which the blood was flowing. They both appeared much distressed.
“Alas!” said the Princess, “must I become a hind every day, and see him
to whom I am betrothed without being able to speak to him ! Becafigue was
astonished. He ran for the Prince, who looked through the aperture, and imme-
diately recognised the Princess. Without delay he knocked gently at the door,
Giroflee opened it, and the Prince threw himself at the feet of Ddsirde.

“What!” exclaimed he, “is it you whom I wounded under the form of a
white hind ? ” He was so afflicted that Ddsirde assured him it was a mere
trifle ; she spoke to him so kindly that he could not doubt her love for him.
He was explaining in his turn the trick that Longue-dpine and her mother had
played him, when a shrill noise of trumpets echoed through the forest. The
Prince looked out of the window and recognised his own colours and standards,
and catching sight of his father’s litter, ran to it, and told the King of his
fortunate meeting with the real Princess.

All this was brought about by the Fairy Tulip. The pretty house in the
wood was hers, and she herself was the old woman. The army was ordered
to march back again. The Prince and Princess were received in the capital
with shouts of joy ; everything was prepared for the nuptials, which were
rendered more solemm by the presence of the six fairies ; and Becafigue was
married to Giroflee at the same time.

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