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 THE GIANT KILLER 
 
 AND OTHE& FAIRY iSTORIES 
 
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THE JHISTORY 
 
 OF 
 
 JAGK JHZ QIANT-jflLLEp 
 
 AND OTHER STORIES 
 BASED ON THE TALES IN THE 'BLUE FAIRY BOOK " 
 
 EDITED BY 
 
 ANDREW LANG 
 
 WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. J. FORD- 
 
 NEW IMPRESSION 
 
 LONGMANS, GEEBN, AND CO. 
 
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 NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA 
 
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CONTENTS 
 
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 Jack the Giant-killer — Part I. . 
 * II 
 
 Prince Hyacinth — Part 
 
 Beauty and the Beast 
 
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THE HISTORY OF JACK THE 
 GIANT-KILLER 
 
 PART I 
 
 In the reign of the great King Arthur 
 there lived in Cornwall a lad named 
 Jack. 
 
 He was a very brave boy, and took 
 delight in hearing or reading of giants 
 and fairies. 
 
 He used to like to listen to the deeds 
 of the knights of King Arthur's Bound 
 Table. 
 
 In those days, there lived on a very 
 high rock off Cornwall, a huge giant, 
 eighteen feet high and nine feet round. 
 His fierce looks were the terror of all 
 who beheld him. 
 
6 THE HISTORY OF 
 
 He dwelt in a dark cave on the top 
 of the rock, and used to wade over to 
 the mainland in search of prey. 
 
 He would throw half-a-dozen oxen 
 upon his back, and tie three times as 
 many sheep and hogs round his waist, 
 and march back to his own abode. 
 
 The giant had done this for many 
 years, when Jack made up his mind to 
 kill him 
 
 So Jack took a horn, a spade, a pick, 
 and a dark lantern, and one winter's 
 evening he went to the mount. 
 
 There he dug a pit twenty-two feet 
 deep and twenty broad. He covered the 
 top over so as to make it look like firm 
 ground. 
 
 He then blew his horn so loud, that 
 the giant awoke and came out of his den, 
 crying out : 
 
 ' You saucy scamp ! you shall pay for 
 this. I'll broil you for my breakfast ! ' 
 
JACK THE GIANT-KILLER 7 
 
 He had just done speaking, when 
 taking one step further, he fell into the 
 pit, and Jack struck him a blow on the 
 head with his axe which killed him. 
 
 Jack then went home to cheer his 
 friends with the news. 
 
 Another giant, called ' Blunderbore,' 
 
8 THE HISTORY OF 
 
 swore that he would kill Jack; if ever he 
 should have him in his power. 
 
 This giant kept a fairy castle in the 
 midst of a lonely wood. 
 
 Some time after killing the first giant, 
 Jack was passing through a wood, and, 
 being weary, sat down and went to 
 sleep. 
 
 The giant passing by and seeing Jack, 
 carried him to his castle. 
 
 He locked him up in a large room, 
 the floor of which was covered with the 
 bodies, skulls, and bones of men and 
 women. 
 
 Then the giant went to fetch his 
 brother, who was also a giant, to come 
 and help him eat Jack for supper. 
 
 Jack was very much afraid when, 
 peeping out, he saw the two giants 
 coming home. 
 
 He looked all round the room, and 
 saw a long and strong cord in one corner. 
 
JACK THE GIANT-KILLER 9 
 
 This he made into a slip-knot, and then, 
 just as the giants were passing under his 
 window, he threw it over their heads. 
 
 In an instant he drew it tight, and 
 then tied it to the bars of the window. 
 He then pulled with all his might till 
 he had choked them. 
 
 When they were black in the face, he 
 slid down the rope and stabbed them to 
 the heart. 
 
 THE HISTORY OF JACK THE 
 GIANT-KILLER 
 
 PART II 
 
 Jack next took a great bunch of keys 
 from the pocket of Blunderbore, and went 
 into the castle again. 
 
 He made a search through all the 
 rooms, and in one of them found three 
 
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 ladies, tied up by the hair of their heads, 
 and almost starved to death. 
 
 They told him, that their husbands 
 had been killed by the giants, who had 
 then said that the ladies should be starved 
 to death, because they would not eat the 
 flesh of their own dead husbands. 
 
 ' Ladies,' said Jack, ' I have killed 
 the giant and his brother ; and I give 
 you this castle and all the riches in it, 
 to make up for the dreadful pains you 
 have felt.' 
 
 He then gave them the keys of the 
 castle, and went further on his journey 
 to Wales. 
 
 As Jack had but little money, he 
 went on_as fast as he could. 
 
 At length he came to a fine house. 
 Jack knocked at the door, when there 
 came forth a Welsh giant. 
 
 Jack said he was a poor man who 
 had lost his way, on which the giant 
 
JACK THE GIANT-KILLER ir 
 
 asked him to come in, and let him into 
 a room, where there was a good bed to 
 sleep in. 
 
 Jack took off his clothes quickly, but, 
 though he was weary, he could not go 
 to sleep. 
 
 Soon after this, he heard the giant 
 walking backward and forward in the 
 next room, and saying to himself : 
 
 'Though heie you lodge with me this night, * 
 You shall not see the morning light : 
 My club shall dash your brains out quite.' 
 
 ' Say you so ? ' thought Jack. ' Are 
 these your tricks? But I hope to prove 
 as cunning as you are.' 
 
 Then, getting out of bed, he felt 
 about the room, and at last found a 
 large thick bit of wood. He laid it in 
 his own place in the bed, and then hid 
 himself in a dark corner of the room. 
 
 The giant, about midnight, came 
 
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 into the room, and with his club struck 
 many blows on the bed, in the very 
 place where Jack had laid the log. 
 
 Then he went back to his own room, 
 thinking he had broken all Jack's bones. 
 
 THE HISTORY OF JACK THE 
 
 GIANT-KILLER 
 
 » 
 
 PART III 
 
 Early in the morning, Jack put a 
 bold face upon the matter, and walked 
 into the giant's room to thank him for 
 the use of the room. 
 
 The giant started when he saw him, 
 and began to say : 
 
 ' Oh ! dear me ; is it you ? Pray 
 how did you sleep last night ? Did 
 you hear or see anything in the dead 
 of the night ? ' 
 
JACK THE GIANT-KILLER 13 
 
 'Nothing worth speaking of/ said 
 Jack. ' A rat, I fancy, gave me three 
 or four- slaps with its tail, and woke 
 me a little. But I soon went to sleep 
 again.' 
 
 The giant did not know what to 
 think of this. Yet he did not say a 
 word, but went to bring two great bowls 
 of milk and bread for their breakfast. 
 
 Jack wanted to make the giant think 
 that he could eat as much as himself. 
 
 So he hid a large bag inside his 
 coat, and let the food fall into this bag, 
 while he seemed to put it into his mouth. 
 
 When breakfast was over, he said to 
 the giant : ' Now I will show you a fine 
 trick. I can cure all wounds with a 
 touch. I could cut off my head in one 
 minute, and the next put it sound 
 again in its place. You shall see what 
 I can do.' 
 
 He then took hold of the knife, ripped 
 
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 up the bag, and all the food fell out 
 upon the floor. 
 
 ' Oh, dear ! Oh, dear ! ' cried the 
 Welsh giant, who would not be outdone 
 by such a little fellow as Jack. ' I can 
 do that myself! 
 
 So he snatched up the knife, plunged 
 it into his own stomach, and at once 
 dropped down dead. 
 
 Jack was very proud of having killed 
 four giants, and made up his mind to 
 kill more. 
 
 He therefore got a horse, a cap of 
 knowledge, a sword of sharpness, shoes 
 of swiftness, and an invisible coat. 
 
 These were to help him to do the 
 great things, which lay before him. 
 
JACK THE GIANT-KILLER 15 
 
 THE HISTORY OF JACK THE 
 GIANT-KILLER 
 
 PART IV 
 
 He walked on over high hills, and 
 on the third day, he came to a large 
 forest, through which his road lay. 
 
 Just as he came into the forest, he 
 saw a big giant dragging along by the 
 hair of their heads, a knight and his 
 lady. 
 
 Jack got off his horse, and, tying him 
 to an oak tree, put on his invisible coat, 
 under which he carried his sword of 
 sharpness. 
 
 When he came up to the giant, he 
 tried to stab him. But he could not 
 reach his body, though he cut his legs 
 in two or three places. 
 
 At length, putting both hands to his 
 
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 THE HISTORY OF 
 
 sword and aiming with all his might, he 
 cut off both his legs. 
 
 Then Jack, setting, his foot upon his 
 
 neck, plunged his sword into the giant's 
 body, and so killed him. 
 
 The knight and his lady thanked 
 
JACK THE GIANT-KILLER if 
 
 Jack for saving them, and asked him 
 to their house, so that they might give 
 him a fine gift. 
 
 ' No,' said Jack, ' I cannot be easy till 
 I find out where this .wicked giant lived.' 
 
 The knight told' him which way to 
 go. So he mounted his horse, and soon 
 after came in sight of another giant, who 
 was sitting on a log of wood, waiting 
 for his brother. 
 
 Jack jumped from his horse, and, 
 putting on his invisible coat, came close 
 to the giant and aimed a blow at his 
 head, but, missing his aim, he only cut 
 off his nose. 
 
 On this the giant seized his club, and 
 struck at Jack with all his might. 
 
 ' Nay,' said Jack, ' if this be the case 
 I'd better kill you at once.' So, jumping 
 upon the log, . he stabbed him in the 
 back, when he dropped down dead. 
 
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 THE HISTORY OF JACK THE 
 GIANT-KILLER 
 
 PART V 
 
 Jack then went on his way, over hills 
 and dales, till he came to the foot of a 
 high hill. 
 
 He knocked at the door of a lonely 
 house, and an old man let him in. 
 
 When Jack was seated the old man 
 said : 
 
 'My son, on the top of this hill is 
 an enchanted castle, kept by a giant 
 and a bad fairy. Only the other day 
 they seized a noble lady, who was 
 walking in her father's garden, ■ and 
 turned her into a deer.' 
 
 Jack swore that in the morning, at 
 the risk of his life, he would break into 
 the castle and kill the giant. 
 
JACK, THE GIANT-KILLER ig 
 
 After a sound sleep he rose early, 
 put on his invisible coat, and got ready. 
 
 When he had climbed to the top of 
 the hill, he saw two fiery griffins. 
 
 He passed between them without the 
 least fear, for they could not see him 
 because of his coat. 
 
 On the castle gate he found a 
 golden trumpet, under which were writ- 
 ten these lines: 
 
 Whoever can this trumpet blow, 
 Shall cause the giant's overthrow. 
 
 As soon as Jack had read this, he 
 seized the trumpet and blew a shrill 
 blast, which made the gates fly open, 
 and the very castle itself to shake. 
 
 The giant and the wicked fairy now 
 knew, that their evil course was at an 
 end, and they stood biting their thumbs 
 and shaking with fear. 
 
 Jack, with his sword of sharpness, 
 
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 soon killed the giant, and the fairy 
 was then carried away by a high wind; 
 and every knight and lady, who had 
 
 been changed into birds and beasts, were 
 turned once more into their proper shapes. 
 The knights and ladies rested that 
 night at the old man's hut, and next 
 day they set out for the Court. 
 
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 Jack then went up to the King, and 
 told him all about his fights with the 
 giants. 
 
 Jack's fame had now spread through 
 all the land. 
 
 At the King's wish he married a 
 lovely and noble lady, and every cne 
 was glad. 
 
 After this the King gave him a large 
 farm, on which he and his lady lived 
 the rest of their days in joy and peace. 
 
22 PRINCE HYACINTH AND 
 
 PRINCE HYACINTH 
 AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS 
 
 PART I 
 
 Once upon a time, there lived a king, 
 who was deeply in love with a prin- 
 cess, but she could not marry any one, 
 because she was under a spell thrown 
 over her by a fairy. 
 
 So the King set out to seek a fairy, 
 and asked what he could do to win 
 the Princess's love. The Fairy said to 
 him : 
 
 ' You know that the Princess has a 
 great cat, which she is very fond of. 
 Whoever is clever enough to tread on 
 that cat's tail, is the man she is bound 
 to marry.' 
 
THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS 23 
 
 The King said to himself that this 
 would not be a very hard task. 
 
 As he left the Fairy, he said to 
 himself : ' I will grind the cat's tail to 
 
 powder, rather than not tread on it at 
 all.' 
 
 You may be sure that it was not 
 long before he went to see the Princess, 
 and puss, as usual, marched in before 
 him, arching his back. 
 
 The King took a long step, and 
 
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 quite - thought he had the tail under 
 his foot, but the cat turned round 
 so sharply, that he only trod on air. 
 
 And so it went on. for .eight days, 
 till the King began to think that this 
 tail must be full of quicksilver — it was 
 never still for a moment. 
 
 At last, however, he was lucky 
 enough to come upon puss fast asleep, 
 and with his tail spread out behind 
 him. 
 
 So the King, without losing a 
 moment, set his foot upon it as hard 
 as he could. 
 
 With a dreadful yell the cat sprang 
 up, and at once changed into a tall 
 man, who, fixing his angry eyes upon 
 the King, said : 
 
 ' Tcu shall marry the Princess, be- 
 cause you have been able to break the 
 spell, but I will have my revenge. 
 
 * You shall have a son, who will 
 
THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS 25 
 
 never be happy until he finds out that 
 his nose is too long, and if you ever 
 tell any one what I have just said to 
 you, you shall at once be carried off, 
 and no one shall ever see you or hear 
 of you again.' 
 
 Though the King was very much 
 afraid of this wicked fairy, he could 
 not help laughing at his threat. 
 
 ' If my son has such a long nose 
 as that,' he said to himself, ' he must 
 always see it or feel it ; at least, if he 
 is not blind or without hands.' 
 
 But, as the fairy had gone, he did 
 not waste any more time in thinking, 
 but went to seek the Princess, who 
 said . at once that she would marry 
 him. 
 
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 PRINCE HYACINTH 
 AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS 
 
 PART II 
 
 But after all, they had not been 
 married very long when the King died, 
 and the Queen had nothing left to care 
 for but her little son, who was called 
 Hyacinth. 
 
 The little Prince Tiad large blue 
 eyes, the prettiest eyes in the world, 
 and a sweet little mouth, but, alas ! 
 his nose was so big, that it took up 
 half his face. 
 
 The Queen was very much put out 
 when she saw this great nose, but her 
 ladies told her that it was not really 
 as large as it looked. 
 
 They said it was a Roman nose, and 
 you had only to open any book on 
 
THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS 27 
 
 history, to see that every great man has 
 had a large nose. 
 
 The Queen, who was yery fond of 
 her baby, was pleased with what they 
 told her, and when she looked at 
 Hyacinth again, his nose did not seem 
 to her quite so large. 
 
 The Prince was brought up with 
 great care ; and, as soon as he could 
 speak, they told him all sorts of stories 
 about people, who had short noses. 
 
 They would not let any one come 
 near him, whose nose was not nearly as 
 big as his own, and the ladies who 
 served the Queen, took to pulling their 
 babies' noses many times every day to 
 make them grow long. 
 
 This they did to please the Queen 
 and to get into her favour. But, do what 
 they would, they could not make them 
 anything like the same size as the Prince's. 
 
 When he grew older he learnt his- 
 
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 tory. And whenever any great prince 
 or beautiful princess was spoken of, his 
 teachers took care to tell him, that they 
 had long noses. 
 
 His room was hung with pictures, 
 all of people with very large noses. 
 
 The Prince grew up so sure that a 
 long nose was a great beauty, that 
 he would not on any account have 
 had his own a single inch shorter! 
 
 PRINCE HYACINTH 
 AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS 
 
 PART III 
 
 When he was twenty years of age, 
 the Queen thought it was time that he 
 should be married, so she had brought 
 to him the likenesses of several prin- 
 cesses for him to see, and among the 
 
THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS 29 
 
 others . was a picture of the Dear Little 
 Princess ! 
 
 Now, she was the daughter of a 
 great king, and would some day be 
 queen over a great many kingdoms. 
 
 But Prince Hyacinth had not a 
 
 thought to spare for anything of that 
 
 sort, he was so much struck with her 
 beauty. 
 
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 The Princess, whom he thought quite 
 charming, had, however, a little saucy 
 nose, which, on her face, was the pret- 
 tiest nose that ever was seen. 
 
 This was a cause of great trouble to 
 the courtiers. They had got into such 
 a habit of laughing at little noses, that 
 they sometimes found themselves laugh- 
 ing at hers, before they had time to 
 think. 
 
 But this did not do at all before 
 the Prince, who quite failed to see the 
 joke, and went so far as to send two of 
 his friends out of the country, for daring 
 to laugh at the Dear Little Princess's tiny 
 nose! 
 
 The others, taking warning from 
 this, learnt to think twice before they 
 spoke. 
 
 One even went so far as to tell the 
 Prince that, though it was quite true, 
 that no man could be worth anything 
 
THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS 31 
 
 unless he had a long nose, still, a 
 woman's beauty was not at all like 
 a man's. 
 
 He said that he knew a learned 
 man, who had read in some very old 
 books, that the most lovely queen the 
 
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 world had ever seen had a ' tip-tilted,' 
 or turned-up, nose. 
 
 The Prince made him a fine present 
 as a reward for this good news, and at 
 once sent to ask the Dear Little Prin- 
 cess to marry him. 
 
 The King, her father, said yes ; and 
 Prince Hyacinth was in such great hurry 
 to see the Princess, that he went many 
 miles to meet her. 
 
 He was just about to kiss her hand, 
 when, to the horror of all who stood by, 
 the wicked fairy came upon the scene 
 like a flash of lightning, and, snatching 
 up the Dear Little Princess, flew away 
 with her out of their sight ! 
 
THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS 33 
 
 PRINCE HYACINTH 
 AND THE DEAR LITTIE PRINCESS 
 
 PART IV 
 
 The Prince was left very sad, and 
 swore that nothing should make him go 
 back to his kingdom, until he had found 
 her again. 
 
 He would not let any of his cour- 
 tiers follow him, and so he mounted his 
 horse and rode sadly away, letting him 
 choose his ,own path. 
 
 So it came to pass, that, after a 
 time, he came to a great plain, across 
 which he rode all day long without 
 seeing a single house. 
 
 At last, both horse and rider were nearly 
 dead with hunger, when, as night fer- 
 tile Prince caught sight of a light, which 
 seemed to shine from a cave; 
 
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34 PRINCE HYACINTH AND 
 
 He rode up to it, and saw a little 
 old woman, who seemed to be at least 
 a hundred years old. 
 
 • She put on her glasses to look at 
 Prince Hyacinth, but it was quite a 
 long time before she could fix them 
 tightly, because her nose was so very 
 short. 
 
 The Prince and the Fairy (for that 
 was who she was) had no sooner looked 
 at one another, than they went into fits 
 of laughter, and cried both at once; ' Oh, 
 what a funny nose ! ' 
 
 ' Not so funny , as your own,' said 
 Prince Hyacinth to the Fairy ; ' but, ma- 
 dam, I beg you to stop talking about 
 our noses — such as they are— and to be 
 good enough to give me something to 
 eat, for I am starving, and so is my 
 poor horse.' 
 
 ' With all my heart,' said the Fairy. 
 ' Though your nose is such a queer 
 
THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS 35 
 
 shape, and so very, very big, you are 
 the son of my best friend. 
 
 ' I loved your father as if he had 
 been my brother. Now he had a very 
 handsome nose ! ' 
 
 ' And' pray what does mine lack ? ' 
 said the Prince. 
 
 ' Oh ! it doesn't lack anything,' said 
 the Fairy. ' Its only fault is that there 
 is too much of it. But never mind, 
 one may be a ;very worthy man though 
 his nose is too long. 
 
 PRINCE HYACINTH 
 AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS 
 
 PART V 
 
 ' I was telling you that I was your father's 
 friend. 
 
 'He often came to see me in the old 
 
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36 PRINCE HYACINTH AND 
 
 times, and you must know that I was 
 very pretty in those days ; at least, he 
 used to say so. 
 
 'I should like to tell you of a talk 
 we had the last time I ever saw him/ 
 
 * 'Indeed,? said the Prince, 'when I 
 have supped, it will give me the greatest 
 pleasure to hear it; but just think, 
 madam, I beg of you, that I have had 
 nothing to eat to-day.' « • 
 
 'The poor boy is right,' said the 
 Fairy ; ' I did not think of that. Gome 
 in, then, and I will give you some 
 supper, and while you are eating I can 
 tell you my story in a very few words — 
 for I don't like endless tales myself. 
 
 ' Too long a tongue is worse than 
 too long a nose, . and , I remember, when 
 I was young, that the less I had to say 
 the more people 7 thought of me. ' * - ' 
 
 ' They used to tell the Queen, my 
 mother," that it was so. For though you 
 
THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS 37 
 
 see what I am now, I was the daughter 
 of a great king. My father — >— ' 
 
 ' Your father, I dare say, got some- 
 thing to eat when he was hungry ! ' said 
 the Prince. 
 
 ' That he did,' said the Fairy, ' and 
 you also shall have supper at once. I 
 only just wanted to tell you- — -' 
 
 ' But I really cannot listen to any- 
 thing, until I have had something to eat,' 
 cried the Prince, who was getting quite 
 angry. 
 
 But then, thinking to himself that 
 he had better be polite, as he much 
 needed the Fairy's help, he added : 
 
 'I know that in the pleasure of 
 hearing your story, I should quite forget 
 my own hunger ; but my horse, who 
 cannot hear you, must really be fed ! ' 
 
 The Fairy was very much pleased by 
 these polite words, and said, calling to 
 her servants : 
 
38 PRINCE HYACINTH AND 
 
 'You shall not wait another minute, 
 you are so polite, and in spite of the 
 size of your nose, you are really a very, 
 nice young man.' 
 
 ' Plague take the old lady ! How she 
 does go on about my nose ! ' . said the 
 Prince to himself. 
 
 ' One would almost think, that mine 
 had taken all the extra length that hers 
 lacks ! If I were not so hungry, I 
 would soon have done with this chatter- 
 pie, who thinks she talks very little. 
 
 ' How stupid people are not to see 
 their own faults ! That comes of being 
 a princess : she has been spoilt by her 
 servants and friends, who have made her 
 think that she has very little to say.' 
 
THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS 39 
 
 PRINCE HYACINTH 
 AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS 
 
 PART VI 
 
 By this time the servants were putting 
 the supper on the table, and the Prince 
 could not keep from laughing to hear 
 the Fairy talk. 
 
 Nothing could stop her. She asked 
 the servants a thousand questions, simply 
 that she might hear herself speak. 
 
 There was one maid who, no matter 
 what was being said, always made a point 
 of praising her mistress's wisdom. 
 
 ' Well ! ' he thought, as he ate his 
 supper, 'I'm very glad I came here. 
 This just shows me, what a good thing 
 it is, that I would never listen to those 
 who tried to flatter me. 
 
 ' People of that sort praise us to our 
 
40 PRINCE HYACINTH AND 
 
 faces without shame, and either hide our 
 faults or tell us we have none. For my 
 part, I never will be taken in by them. 
 I know my own failings, I hope.' 
 
 Poor Prince Hyacinth ! He quite 
 thought that all he said was the truth, 
 and hadn't an idea that the people who 
 had praised his nose were laughing at 
 him, just as the Fairy's maid was laugh- 
 ing at her. 
 
 For the Prince had seen her laugh 
 slyly, when she could do so without 
 the Fairy seeing her. 
 
 However, he said nothing ; . and when 
 he had eaten as much as he wanted, 
 the Fairy said : 
 
 ' My dear Prince, might I beg you 
 to move a little more that way, for your 
 nose casts such a shadow, that I really 
 cannot see what I have on my plate. 
 Ah ! thanks. 
 
 'Now, let us speak of your father* 
 
THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS 
 
 4i 
 
 'When I went to his Court he was 
 only a little boy, but that is forty years 
 ago, and I have been in this lonely place 
 ever since. 
 c ' Tell me what goes on nowadays ; 
 
 are the ladies as fond of fun as ever? 
 In my time one saw them at parties 
 and balls every day. 
 
 ' Dear me ! What a long nose you 
 have ! I cannot get used to it ! ' 
 
 ' Really, madam,' said the Prince, ' I 
 
42 PRINCE HYACINTH AND 
 
 wish you would leave off talking about 
 my nose. It cannot matter to you what 
 it is like. 
 
 'I am pleased with it, and have no 
 wish to have it shorter. One must take 
 what is given one.' 
 
 ' Now you are angry with me, my 
 poor Hyacinth,' said the Fairy, 'and I 
 can tell you that I didn't mean to vex 
 you. I want to help you all I can. 
 
 ' However, though I really cannot 
 help your nose being a shock to me, I 
 will try not to say anything about it. 
 I will even try to think, that you have 
 a nose like other people's. 
 
 ' To tell the truth, it would make 
 three of any nose I ever saw before.' 
 
THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS 43 
 
 PRINCE HYACINTH 
 AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS 
 
 PART VII 
 
 The Prince, who was no longer hungry, 
 grew so angry at what the Fairy would 
 keep saying about his nose, that at last 
 he threw himself upon his horse and 
 rode hastily away. 
 
 But wherever he came he thought 
 the people were mad, for they all 
 talked of his nose, and yet he could 
 not bring himself to think that it was 
 too long. 
 
 He had been so used all his life to 
 hear it called handsome. 
 
 The old Fairy, who wished to make 
 him happy, at last hit upon a plan. 
 
 She shut the Dear Little Princess 
 up in a glass palace and put this 
 
44 
 
 PRINCE HYACINTH AND 
 
 'HIS LOJfG KOSB WAS ALWAYS IS IHE WAY.' [See p. 45 
 
THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS 45 
 
 palace down where the Prince could not 
 fail to find it. 
 
 His joy at seeing the Princess again 
 was very great, and he set to work 
 with all his might, to try to get into 
 the palace and let her out. 
 
 But no matter how he tried he only 
 failed. 
 
 At last he thought he would try to 
 get near enough to speak to the Dear 
 Little Princess, who, on her part, 
 stretched out her hand that he might 
 kiss it. 
 
 But turn which way he might, he 
 never could raise it to his lips, for his 
 long nose was always in the way. 
 
 For the first time he saw how long 
 it ■ really was, and said : 
 
 ' Well, I am afraid that I must own 
 that my nose is too long ! ' 
 
 In an instant the glass palace flew 
 into a thousand bits, and the old Fairy, 
 
46, PRINCE HYACINTH 
 
 taking the Dear Little Princess by the 
 hand, said to the Prince : 
 
 'Now, say if you do not think I 
 have been your best friend. 
 
 ' Much good it was for me to talk 
 to you about your nose ! You would 
 never have found out how very big it 
 was, if it hadn't kept you from doing 
 what you wanted to. You see how 
 self-love keeps us from knowing our 
 own faults, both of mind and body. 
 
 ' Our reason tries in vain to show 
 them to us ; we will not see them till 
 we find them in the way of what we 
 want.' 
 
 Prince Hyacinth, whose nose was 
 now just like any one else's, did not fail 
 to be all the wiser for the lesson he 
 had> learned. 
 
 He married the Dear Little Princess, 
 and they lived happily ever after. 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 47 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 PAKT I 
 
 Once upon a time, in a very far-off coun- 
 try, there lived a man who had been so 
 lucky in all that he did, that he was 
 very rich. 
 
 But as he had six sons and six 
 daughters, he found that his money was 
 not too much, to let them all have 
 just what they wished for, as they had 
 been used to. 
 
 But one day they had a stroke of 
 very bad luck. 
 
 Their house caught fire, and was soon 
 burnt to the ground, with all the 
 books, pictures, gold, silver, and precious 
 goods that were in it. 
 
48 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 And this was only the first of their 
 troubles. 
 
 Their father, who had until now 
 
 been very lucky in all ways, lost every 
 
 ship he had upon the sea, either by 
 dint of shipwreck or fire. 
 
 Then he heard that his clerks in 
 places far away, whom he always thought 
 he could trust, had stolen his money. 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 49 
 
 And at last, he fell from having 
 great riches, to even want for bread. 
 
 All that he had left was a little 
 house in a lonely place, far away from 
 the town in which he had lived. 
 
 Here at last he had to go and live. 
 His children were very sad, at having 
 to leave their fine house, to go and live 
 in this poor place. 
 
 Indeed, his girls at first hoped that 
 their friends, of whom they had had so 
 many while they were rich, would ask 
 them to go and stay in their houses, 
 now they no longer had one of their own. 
 
 But they soon found that they were 
 left alone. 
 
 Those who had been their friends, 
 said it was their own fault that they 
 were so poor, and did not offer to help 
 them in any way. 
 
 So nothing was left for them but to 
 go to the cottage, which stood in the 
 
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50 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 midst of a dark forest, and seemed to be 
 the dullest place upon the face of the earth. 
 
 As they were too poor to have any 
 servants, the girls had to work hard, 
 and the sons, for their part, had to dig 
 in the fields to earn their living. 
 
 The girls had only poor clothes to 
 wear, and not much to eat. And so 
 they were always thinking of the happy 
 days they had known, and wishing that 
 they might come back again. 
 
 Ouly the youngest tried to be brave 
 and cheerful. 
 
 She had been as sad as any one at 
 first, but she was both good and brave, 
 and soon set to work to make the best 
 of things. 
 
 She did all she could to make her 
 father and brothers happy and gay, and 
 tried to get her sisters to join her in 
 dancing and singing. 
 
 But they would do nothing of the 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 51 
 
 sort, and, because she was not as sad 
 as themselves, they said that this kind 
 of life was all she was fit for. 
 
 But she was really far prettier and 
 cleverer than they were. Indeed, she was 
 so lovely that she was always called 
 Beauty. 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 PART II 
 
 After two years, when they were all 
 getting used to their new life, their 
 father heard that one of his ships, which, 
 he had -thought was lost, had come 
 safely into port with a rich cargo. 
 
 All the sons and daughters at once 
 thought that the hard times were at an 
 end, and wanted to set out at once for 
 the town. 
 
 But their father begged them to wait 
 
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 a little, and, though it was harvest-time, 
 and he could ill be spared, he went; 
 himself to see if the good news was true. 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 53 
 
 Only the youngest daughter had any 
 doubt, but they would soon again be as 
 rich as they were before, or at least 
 rich enough to live in some town, where 
 they would find lots of fun and gay 
 friends once more. 
 
 So they all crowded round their 
 father, and begged him to buy them all 
 kinds of fine things. It would have 
 taken a house-full of money to have 
 paid for them all. 
 
 Only Beauty, feeling sure that it was 
 of no use, did not ask for anything. So 
 her father said : 
 
 ' And what shall I bring for you, 
 Beauty ? ' 
 
 'The only thing I wish for is to see 
 you come home safely,' she said. 
 
 Her sisters were angry when they heard 
 her say this ; they said she was blaming 
 them for having asked for such costly things. 
 
 Her father was pleased, but as he 
 
54 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 thought that at her age she ought to 
 like pretty things, he told her to ask 
 for what she would .like. 
 
 ' Well, dear father,' she said, ' as you 
 say I must, I beg that you will bring 
 me a rose. I have not seen one since 
 we came here, and I love them so much,' 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 5.5 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 PART III 
 
 So he set out, and reached the town as 
 quickly as he could. 
 
 But when he got there, he found that 
 it was thought that he was dead, and so 
 his old friends had shared between them, 
 the goods which the ship had brought. 
 
 And so, after all, he found himself as 
 poor as when he started, having been 
 able to get only just enough to pay the 
 cost Of going home again. 
 
 Nor was this all. For when he left 
 the town, the weather was just as bad 
 as it could be, and so by the time he 
 was within a few miles of his home, he 
 was almost dead with cold and hunger. 
 
 Though he knew it would take some 
 hours to get through the forest, he wished 
 
56 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 so much to be at home again, that he 
 made up his mind to go on. 
 
 But night overtook him, and the snow 
 grew so deep and the frost so bitter, 
 that at last his horse stood quite still. 
 It could not go another step. 
 
 Not a house was to be seen. The 
 only shelter he could get was the hollow 
 trunk of a great tree, and there he hid 
 all the night, which seemed to him the 
 longest he had ever known. 
 
 But though he was so tired, the howl- 
 ing of the wolves kept him awake. 
 
 Even when at last the day broke he 
 was not much better off, for the falling 
 snow had hidden every path, and he did 
 not know which way to turn. 
 
 At length he made out some sort of 
 track, and so he started. 
 
 At first it was so rough, that he fell 
 down more than once. But it soon 
 became better, and at last led him into 
 
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 a long walk shaded by fine trees. At 
 the end of this walk was a grand castle. 
 
 It seemed very strange to him, that 
 no snow had fallen here, and that the 
 trees had fruit and flowers upon them. 
 
 When he reached the first court of the 
 castle, he saw before him a flight of steps. 
 He went up them, and passed through 
 room after room full of lovely things. 
 
 The warmth of the air made him 
 feel better and wish for food. 
 
 But there seemed to be nobody in 
 all this vast place, whom he could ask 
 to give him something to eat. 
 
 Not a/ sound was to be heard, but 
 his feet upon the floor. 
 
 At last he stopped in a room smaller 
 than the rest, where a clear fire was burn- 
 ing, and a couch was drawn up close to it. 
 
 Thinking that if he waited here some 
 one must soon come, he sat down, 
 and very soon fell into a sweet sleep. 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 59 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 PART IV 
 
 He slept soundly for a long time, and 
 when he woke he was still alone. But 
 a little table, upon which was a good 
 dinner, had been drawn up close to him. 
 
 As he had eaten nothing for twenty- 
 four hours, he began his dinner at once. 
 
 It was so good that he made a 
 hearty .meal, and hoped that he would 
 soon have the chance of thanking the 
 one, who had given him such a feast. 
 
 But no one came, and even after 
 another long sleep there was no sign of 
 anybody, though a fresh meal of cakes 
 and fruit was ready upon the little table 
 at his side. 
 
 Being timid, he began to feel afraid 
 of being in this grand castle all alone. 
 
po BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 So he made up his mind to search once 
 more through all the rooms. But it was 
 of no use. 
 
 Not even a servant was to be seen ; 
 there was no sign of life in the place. 
 
 He began to wonder what he should 
 do, and to think how rich he would be 
 if all the fine things he saw were his 
 own. In his own mind he began to 
 share them among his children. 
 
 Then he went down into the garden, 
 and though it was winter everywhere else, 
 here the sun shone, and the birds sang, 
 and the flowers were in bloom, and the 
 air was soft and sweet. 
 
 He was charmed with all he saw and 
 heard, and said to himself: 
 
 ' All this must be meant for me. I 
 will go this minute, and bring my chil- 
 dren to share all these fine things with 
 me.' 
 
 In spite of being so cold and weary 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 61 
 
 when he reached the castle, he had taken 
 his horse to the stable and fed it. 
 
 Now he thought he would get it out 
 and ride home. So he turned down 
 the path which led to the stable. - 
 
 BEAUTY AND TEE BEAST 
 PART V 
 
 This path had a hedge of roses on each 
 side of it, and he thought he had never 
 seen or smelt such lovely flowers before. 
 
 They made him think of what 
 Beauty had asked him to bring her. 
 So he stopped, and had just picked one 
 to take to her, when he was startled 
 by a strange noise behind him. 
 
 Turning round, he saw a frightful 
 Beast, which seemed to be very angry, 
 and said, in a loud voice : 
 
62 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 Who told you that you might pick 
 my roses? Was it not enough, that I 
 
 let you eat and sleep in my palace, and 
 was kind to you ? This is the way you 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 63 
 
 pay me for my kindness, by stealing my 
 roses ! But I will punish you for this/ 
 
 The man shook with fear at these 
 fierce words, dropped the fatal rose, and, 
 falling on his knees, cried : 
 
 ' Pardon me, noble sir. I am truly 
 grateful to you for all your kindness, 
 which was so great, that I could not 
 think that you would be angry by my 
 taking such a little thing as a rose.' 
 
 But the Beast was as angry as ever, 
 in spite of all the man could say. 
 
 ' You are very ready with fine words,' 
 he cried ; ' but that will not save you 
 from the death you deserve.' 
 
 ' Alas ! ' thought he, ' if my dear girl 
 Beauty could only know what danger 
 her rose has brought me into ! ' 
 
 Then he told the Beast all about 
 his troubles : how poor he was, and 
 why he had gone so far away from 
 home. 
 
64 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 He ended by telling the Beast, that 
 the only gift his dear girl Beauty had 
 asked for was a rose* And it was to 
 please her that he had picked it. 
 
 ' A house full of gold would hardly 
 have bought all that my other girls 
 asked for,' he said ; ' but I thought that 
 I might at least take Beauty her rose. 
 I beg you to forgive me, for you see I 
 meant no harm.' 
 
 The Beast thought for a moment, 
 and then he said, in a kinder tone: 
 
 ' I will forgive you if you will 
 promise me one thing. Will you give 
 me one of your girls ? ' 
 
 'Ah!' cried the poor man, 'if I 
 were cruel enough to buy my own- life 
 by giving you one of my children, how 
 could I get her to come here ? ' 
 
 ' Tell her the whole tale,' said the 
 Beast. ' K she comes at all she must 
 come willingly. 
 
BEAUTY A-ND THE BEAST 65 
 
 ' If she does not come of her own 
 free will I whTriot have her. 
 
 ' See if any one loves you well enough 
 to come and save your life. 
 
 ' You seem to be a good man, so 1 
 will trust you to go home. 
 
 ' I give you a month, to see if either 
 of your girls will come back with you 
 and stay here, to let you go free. 
 
 'If neither of them is willing, you 
 must come alone, after bidding them 
 good-bye for ever, for then you will 
 belong to me. 
 
 ' And do not think that you can hide 
 from me, for if you fail to keep your 
 word I will come and fetch you ! ~ 
 added the Beast. 
 
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66 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 BEAUTY AND*- THE BEAST 
 PAKE YT 
 
 The man said he would go home and 
 try, though he did not really think any 
 of his daughters would be willing to 
 come. 
 
 He said if he failed, he would come 
 back to the Beast at the proper time, 
 and then, only too glad to get away, 
 he asked if he might set off at once. 
 
 But the Beast told him that he could 
 not go until the next day. 
 
 ' Then you will find a horse ready 
 for you,' he said. ' Now go and eat 
 your supper, and await my orders.' 
 
 The poor man, more dead than 
 alive, went back to his room, where a 
 nice hot supper was ready on the little 
 table, which was drawn up before a 
 blazing fire. 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 6-j 
 
 But he was too sad to eat, and 
 only tasted a few of the dishes, for 
 fear the Beast should be angry, if he 
 did not obey his orders. 
 
 When he had done, he heard a great 
 noise in the next room, which be knew 
 meant that the Beast was coming. 
 
 As he could do nothing to get away, 
 the only thing for him was to seem as 
 little afraid as he could. 
 
 So, when the Beast came into the 
 room, and asked roughly if he had sup- 
 ped well, the poor man said he had 
 had a very good supper, and thanked 
 the Beast for it. 
 
 Then the Beast warned him, not to 
 forget what he had said he would do, and 
 to tell Beauty all the truth about the 
 matter. 
 
 'Do not get up to-morrow,' he added, 
 'until you see the sun and hear a golden 
 bell ring. Then you will find your break- 
 
68 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 fast waiting for you here, and the horse 
 you are to ride will be ready in the 
 yard. 
 
 'He will also bring you back again, 
 when you come with your daughter a 
 month hence. 
 
 'Farewell. Take a rose to Beauty, 
 and do not forget your promise ! ' 
 
 The poor man was only too glad 
 when the Beast went away, and though 
 he could not sleep for sadness, he lay 
 down until the sun rose. 
 
 Then, after a hasty breakfast, he 
 went to pick Beauty's rose, and mounted 
 his horse, which carried him off so 
 swiftly, that in an instant he had lost 
 sight of the palace. 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 65 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 PART VII 
 
 He went so fast, that he was still 
 thinking of his trouble, when the horse 
 stopped before the door of the house. 
 
 His sons and daughters, who had 
 been very uneasy at his being away so 
 long, rushed to meet him. 
 
 They all wanted to know if he had 
 got his money back. Seeing that he 
 was riding a fine horse, they at once 
 thought that he had. 
 
 But he hid the truth from them at 
 first, only saying sadly to Beauty as he 
 gave her the rose : 
 
 ' Here is what you asked me to 
 bring you ; you little know what it has 
 cost.' 
 
 These words made them all wonder 
 what he meant. 
 
70 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 ' Why are you so sad ? ' cried they. 
 So he told them all his story, and then 
 they were all very unhappy. 
 
 The girls wept over their lost hopes, 
 and the sons swore, that their father 
 should not go back to this dreadful 
 castle. 
 
 They began to make plans for killing 
 the Beast, if it should come to fetch 
 him. 
 
 ' No,' said their father, ' I said I 
 would go back, and I would rather die 
 than break my word.' 
 
 Then the girls were very angry with 
 Beauty, and said it was all her fault, 
 and that if she had asked for something 
 else, their father would not have fallen 
 into such trouble. 
 
 ' It is not fair,' said they, ' that we 
 should have to suffer for your folly.' 
 
 All this made poor Beauty very sad. 
 
 ' I am indeed the cause of all the 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAUT 71 
 
 trouble,' said she. ' But who could have 
 guessed, that to ask for a rose in the 
 middle of summer would lead to this ? 
 
 ' But as I am the cause, it is only 
 just that I should suffer for it. I will 
 go back with my father to keep his 
 promise.' 
 
 At first nobody would hear of this, 
 and her father and brothers, who loved 
 her dearly, swore that nothing should 
 make them let her go. But Beauty 
 was firm. 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 PART VIII 
 
 As the time drew near, she shared all 
 that she had between her sisters, and 
 said good-bye to everything she loved. 
 
 When the last day came she tried 
 to cheer her father. 
 
72 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 ' Do not fret,' she said, ' all may yet 
 be well,' as they mounted together the 
 horse which had brought him back. 
 
 It seemed to fly rather than gallop, 
 
 but it went so smoothly, that Beauty was 
 not at all afraid. 
 
 Indeed, she would have been very 
 glad, at haying so good a ride, if she 
 
 had not feared what might happen to 
 her at the end of it. 
 
 Her father still begged her to go 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 73 
 
 back, and let him go alone, but in 
 vain. 
 
 While they were talking the night 
 fell, and then, to their great surprise, 
 bright lamps were lit all about them, 
 They were of all colours, and the forest 
 was as light as in the day. 
 
 They were so bright, that the forest 
 began to seem quite warm, though it 
 had been very cold before. 
 
 This lasted until they reached the 
 long walk shaded by orange trees. 
 
 Here were long lines of men holding 
 flaming torches, and when they got nearer 
 to the palace, they saw that it was lit 
 up from the roof to the ground. Sweet 
 music sounded softly on every hand. 
 
 ' The Beast must be very hungry,' 
 said Beauty, trying to laugh, ' if he makes 
 all this show because his supper is com- 
 ing,' for she thought the Beast wanted 
 to eat her. 
 
74 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 But, though she was so sad, she 
 could not help gazing at all the strange 
 things she saw. 
 
 The horse stopped at the foot of the 
 flight of steps leading to the castle. 
 When they had. got off the horse, her 
 father led. her to the little room he had 
 been in before. 
 
 Here they found a bright fire burning, 
 and the table spread, with supper. 
 
 He knew that this was meant for 
 them, and Beauty, who was not so much 
 afraid, now that she had passed through 
 so many rooms and seen nothing of the 
 Beast, was quite willing to begin, for her 
 long ride had made her very hungry. 
 
 But they had hardly done their meal, 
 when the noise of the Beast's footsteps 
 was heard, and Beauty clung to her 
 father in fear, which became all the 
 greater when she saw how much afraid 
 he was. 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 75 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 PART IX 
 
 But when the Beast really came, 
 though she shook with fear at the sight 
 of him, she did her best to hide it, and 
 spoke bravely and kindly to him. 
 
 This pleased the Beast. After look- 
 ing at her he said, in a tone that might 
 have struck fear into the boldest heart, 
 though he did not seem to be angry : 
 
 ' Good-evening, old man. Good-even- 
 ing, Beauty.' 
 
 The father was not able to speak 
 with fear, but Beauty said, very sweetly : 
 
 ' Good-evening, Beast.' 
 
 ' Have you come willingly ? ' asked the 
 Beast. ' Will you stay here when your 
 father goes away ? ' 
 
 Beauty told him bravely that she had 
 come to stay. 
 
76 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 'I am pleased with you,' said the 
 Beast. ' As you have come of your own 
 free-will, you may stay. 
 
 'As for you, old man,' he added, 
 
 turning to her father, 'at sunrise to- 
 morrow you will leave for home. 
 
 ' When the bell rings get up quickly 
 and eat your breakfast, and you will 
 find the same horse waiting to take you 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 77 
 
 home ; but you must never expect to see 
 my palace again.' 
 
 Then, turning to Beauty, he said : 
 
 ' Take your father into the next room, 
 and help him to choose everything, you 
 think your brothers and sisters would like 
 to have. 
 
 ' You will find two trunks there. Fill 
 them as full as you can. It is only 
 just that you should send them some- 
 thing very rich and fine, so that they 
 may never forget you.' 
 
 Then he went away, after saying, 
 1 Good-bye, Beauty ; good-bye, old man.' 
 
 Though Beauty was very sad at the 
 thought of her father leaving her, she felt 
 bound to do what the Beast told her. 
 So they went into the next room, which 
 had shelves all round it. 
 
 There were dresses fit for a queen, 
 with all the jewels that were to be worn 
 with them, 
 
78 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 And when Beauty opened the cup- 
 boards, she was quite dazzled by the 
 precious stones, that lay in heaps upon 
 every shelf. 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 PART X 
 
 After choosing a great number, which 
 she divided between her sisters — for she 
 had made a heap of the fine dresses 
 for each of them— she opened the last 
 chest, which was full of gold. 
 
 'I think, father,' she said, 'that, as 
 the gold will be more useful to you, we 
 had better take out the other things 
 again, and fill the trunks with it.' 
 
 So they did this. But the more they 
 put in, the more room there seemed to 
 be, and at last they put back all the 
 jewels and dresses they had taken out, 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 79 
 
 and Beauty even added as many more 
 of the jewels, as she could carry at 
 once. 
 
 Then the trunks were not too full, 
 but they were so heavy that an elephant 
 could not have carried them ! 
 
 ' The Beast was mocking us/ cried 
 the merchant ; ' he said I might have all 
 these things, knowing that I could not 
 carry them away.' 
 
 'Let us wait and see,' said Beauty. 
 'I do not think he meant to mock us. 
 All we can do is to tie them up and 
 leave them ready.' 
 
 So they did this and went back to 
 the little room, where they found break- 
 fast ready. 
 
 The father was so much more cheer- 
 ful that he made a good meal. 
 
 The great kindness of the Beast 
 made him begin to think that, after all, 
 he might see Beauty again, and perhaps 
 
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 soon come back and see her in her new 
 home. 
 
 But she felt sure that her father was 
 leaving her for ever, so she was very 
 sad when the bell rang sharply for the 
 second time, and warned them that the 
 time was come for them to part. 
 
 They went down into the yard, where 
 two horses were waiting, one loaded with 
 the two trunks, the other for the old 
 man to ride. 
 
 They were pawing the ground, and so 
 restless in their hurry to start, that he 
 was forced to bid Beauty a hasty farewell. 
 
 As soon as he was mounted, he went 
 off at such a pace, that she lost sight of 
 him in an instant. 
 
 Then Beauty began to cry, and went 
 sadly back to her own room. But she 
 soon found that she was very sleepy, and 
 as she had nothing better to do, she 
 lay down and at once fell asleep. 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 81 
 
 And then she dreamed, that she was 
 walking by a brook that flowed under 
 trees, and crying over her sad fate, 
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 said to her : 
 
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 better off than ever you have been be- 
 fore. Everything you ask for you shall 
 have. 
 
 ' Only try to find me out, no matter 
 in what form I may come to you, as I 
 love you dearly, and in making me 
 happy you will find your own happi- 
 ness. Be as good as you are pretty, 
 and we shall have nothing left to wish 
 for.' 
 
 'What can I do, Prince, to make 
 you happy ? ' said Beauty. 
 
 ' Only be grateful,' he said, ' and do 
 not trust too much to your eyes. And, 
 above all, do not leave me until you 
 have saved me from my cruel fate.' 
 
 After this, she thought she found her- 
 self in a room with a stately and lovely 
 lady, who said to her : 
 
 ' Dear Beauty, try not to be sorry 
 for all you have left behind you, for 
 you will again be very happy. 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 83 
 
 'Only be careful and watchful, and 
 
 always make quite sure that things are 
 what they seem to be.' 
 
 BEAUTY AND TEE BEAST 
 
 PART XI 
 
 Beauty liked her dreams so much, that 
 she was in no hurry to awake. 
 
 But at last the clock roused her by 
 calling her name softly twelve times, and 
 then she got up and found her dressing- 
 table set out with everything she could 
 want. When she had dressed, she found 
 dinner was waiting in the room next to 
 hers. 
 
 But dinner does not take very long 
 when you are all by yourself, and very 
 soon she sat down in the corner of a 
 sofa, and began to think about the 
 
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84 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 charming Prince she had seen in her 
 dream. 
 
 ' He said I could make him happy,' 
 said Beauty to herself. 
 
 'It seems, then, that this dreadful 
 Beast keeps him shut up all alone. 
 How can I set him free? I wonder 
 why they both told me not to trust to 
 how things looked ? I don't know what 
 to think. 
 
 ' But, after all, it was only a dream, 
 so why should I trouble myself about 
 it? I had better go and find some- 
 thing to do to pass away the time.' 
 
 So she got up, and began to look 
 into some of the many rooms of the 
 palace. 
 
 The first she went into was lined 
 with looking-glasses, and Beauty saw 
 herself which ever way she looked. 
 She thought she had never seen such a 
 charming room. 
 
BEAUTY AND TBE BEAST 85 
 
 Then a bracelet which was hanging 
 from a lamp caught her eye, and on 
 taking it down, she saw that it held a 
 picture of the unknown Prince, just as 
 she had seen him in her dream. 
 
 With great delight she slipped the 
 bracelet on her arm, and went on into 
 a room full of pictures. 
 
 Here she soon found a picture of the 
 same handsome Prince, as large as life, 
 and so well painted* that as she looked 
 at it he seemed to smile kindly at her. 
 
 Tearing herself away from the picture 
 at last, she passed through into a room 
 which held all kinds of music under the 
 sun. 
 
 Here she spent a long while in try- 
 ing some of them, and singing until she 
 was tired. 
 
36 BEAUTY AtfD TME BEAST 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 PART XII 
 
 The next room was full of books, and 
 she saw everything she had ever wanted 
 co read, as well as everything she had 
 read. 
 
 It seemed to her that a whole life- 
 time would not be enough, even to read 
 the names of the books, there were so 
 many. 
 
 By this time it was growing dusk, 
 and wax candles were beginning to light 
 themselves in every room. 
 
 Beauty found her supper served just 
 at the time she wished to have it. 
 
 But she did not see anyone or hear 
 a sound, and, though her father had 
 warned her that she would be alone, 
 she began to find it rather dull. 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 87 
 
 But soon she heard the Beast coming. 
 'Now/ thought she, 'he means to kill and 
 eat me.' 
 
 However, as he did not seem at all 
 fierce, and only said gruffly : 
 
 ' Good-evening, Beauty,' she spoke to 
 him quite gaily, and hid from him that 
 she was afraid. 
 
 Then the Beast asked her what she 
 had been doing to pass away the time, 
 and she told him of all the rooms she 
 had seen. 
 
 Then he asked if she thought she 
 could be happy in his palace. Beauty 
 told him that everything was so lovely, 
 that she would be very hard to please 
 if she could not be happy. 
 
 After about an hour's talk, Beauty 
 began to think that the Beast was not 
 nearly so bad, as she had thought at 
 first. Then he got up to leave her, 
 and said in his gruff voice : 
 
88 BEA UTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 1 Do you love me, Beauty ? Will 
 you marry me ? ' 
 
 1 Oh ! what shall I say ? ' cried 
 Beauty, for she was afraid to make the 
 Beast angry by saying 'no/ 
 
 ' Say " yes " or " no " without fear,' 
 he said. 
 
 ' Oh ! no, Beast,' said Beauty at once. 
 
 ' Since you will not, good-night, 
 Beauty,' he said. And she said : 
 
 'Good-night, Beast,' very glad to find 
 that he was not angry because she had 
 said ' no.' 
 
 And after he was gone she was very 
 soon in bed and asleep, and dreaming 
 ,of her unknown Prince. She thought he 
 came and said to her : 
 
 'Ah, Beauty! why are you so unkind 
 to me? I fear I am fated to be un- 
 happy for many a long day still.' 
 
 And then her dreams changed, . but 
 the charming , Prince was. in them all. 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 89 
 
 When morning came, her first thought 
 was to look at the picture, and see if 
 it was really like him, and she found 
 that it was. 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 PART XIII 
 
 This morning she made up her mind to 
 spend . her time in the garden, for the 
 sun shone, and all the fountains were 
 playing. 
 
 But when she looked about her, she 
 seemed to know the place quite Avell. 
 
 ' S 11 rely I have been here before ? ' said 
 she. 
 
 Then she came to the brook where 
 -the trees were growing, where she had 
 first met the Prince in her dream, and 
 that made her think more than ever, that 
 he must be kept shut up by the Beast. 
 
go BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 When she was tired, she went back 
 to the palace, and found a new room 
 full of things for every kind of work — 
 ribbons to make into bows, and silks to 
 work into flowers. 
 
 Then there was a very large cage 
 full of rare birds, which were so tame, 
 that they flew to Beauty as soon as 
 they saw her, and perched upon her 
 shoulders and her head. 
 
 ' Pretty little dears,' she said, ' how 
 I wish that your cage was nearer to 
 my room, that I might often hear you 
 sing ! ' 
 
 So saying, she opened a door, and 
 found, to her delight, that it led into her 
 own room, though she had thought it 
 was quite the other side of the palace. 
 
 There were more birds in a room 
 farther on. There were parrots that 
 could talk, and they called Beauty by 
 her name. 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST gr 
 
 Indeed, she found she could get so 
 much fun out of them, that she took 
 one or two back to her room, and they 
 talked to her while she was at supper. 
 
 Then the Beast paid her his usual 
 visit, and asked the same questions 
 as before, and then with a gruff ' good- 
 night,' he went away, while Beauty went 
 to bed to dream of her unknown Prince. 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 PART XIV 
 
 The days passed swiftly in doing all 
 kinds of things, and after a while Beauty 
 found out another strange thing in the 
 palace, which often pleased her when 
 she was tired of being alone. 
 
 There was one room which she had 
 not looked into before. It was empty, 
 
gz BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 except that under each of the windows 
 stood a fine easy-chair. 
 
 The first time she had looked out 
 of the window, it had seemed to her 
 that a black curtain stopped her from 
 seeing anything outside. 
 
 But the second time she went into 
 the room, she was very tired, and sat 
 down in one of the chairs. 
 
 All at once the curtain was rolled 
 aside, and a play was acted before her. 
 
 There were dances, and bright lights 
 of many colours, and music, and pretty 
 dresses, and it was all so gay, that Beauty 
 was charmed with it. 
 
 After that she tried the other seven 
 windows in turn, and there was some 
 new thing to be seen from each of them, 
 so that Beauty never could feel lonely 
 any more. 
 
 Every evening after supper the Beast 
 came to see her, and always before say- 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 93 
 
 ing ' good-night ' asked her in his loud 
 voice : 
 
 ' Beauty, will you marry me ? ' 
 
 And it seemed to Beauty, that when 
 she said ' No, Beast,' he went away quite 
 sad. 
 
 But her happy dreams of the hand- 
 some young Prince soon made her for- 
 get the poor Beast. 
 
 And the only thing that at all upset 
 her, was to be told to let her heart 
 guide her, and not her eyes, which, think 
 about it as she would, she could not 
 understand. 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 PART XV 
 
 So everything went on for a long time, 
 until at last, happy as she was, Beauty 
 began to long for the sight of her father 
 and her brothers and sisters. 
 
94 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 One night, seeing her look very sad, 
 the Beast asked her what was the 
 matter. Beauty was no longer afraid of 
 him. 
 
 Now she knew that ha was really 
 gentle, in spite of his fierce looks and his 
 dreadful voice. So she told him that she 
 was longing to see her home once more. 
 
 Upon hearing this, the Beast seemed 
 very unhappy, and cried out sadly : 
 
 ' Ah ! Beauty, have you the heart to 
 leave an unhappy Beast like this ? What 
 more do you want to make you happy ? 
 Is it because you hate me, that you 
 want to get away ? ' 
 
 ' No, dear Beast/ said Beauty softly, 
 ' I do not hate you, and I should be 
 very sorry never to see you any more, 
 but I long to see my father again. 
 Only let me go for two months, and I 
 promise to come back to you and stay 
 for the rest of my life.' 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 95 
 
 The Beast, who had been looking 
 very, very sad while she spoke, now 
 said : 
 
 ' I cannot refuse you anything you 
 ask, even though it should cost me my 
 life. Take the four boxes you will find 
 in the room next to your own, and fill 
 them with everything you wish to take 
 with you. 
 
 ' But do not forget your promise. 
 Come back when the two months are 
 over, or you may have cause to repent 
 it, for if you do not come in good time 
 you will find your faithful Beast dead. 
 
 ' You will not need any coach to 
 bring you back. Only say good-bye to 
 all your brothers and sisters, the night 
 before you come away, and when you 
 have gone to bed turn this ring round 
 upon your finger and say firmly : 
 
 ' " I wish to go back to my palace 
 and see my Beast again." 
 
9 6 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 ' Good-night, Beauty. Fear nothing, 
 sleep peacefully, and before long you shall 
 see your father once more.' 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 PART XVI 
 
 As soon as Beauty was alone, she filled 
 the boxes with all the rare and precious 
 things she saw about her. 
 
 Only when she was tired of heaping 
 things into them did they seem to be full. 
 
 Then she went to bed, but could 
 hardly sleep for joy. 
 
 And when at last she did begin to 
 dream of her beloved Prince, she was 
 very sorry to see him stretched upon a 
 grassy bank sad and weary, and hardly 
 like himself. 
 
 ' What is the matter ? ' she cried. 
 
 But he looked at her, and said : 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 97 
 
 ' How can you ask me, cruel one ? 
 Are you not leaving me to my death, 
 perhaps ? ' 
 
 ' Ah ! don't be so sad,' cried Beauty ; 
 { I am only going to let my father see 
 that I am safe and happy. 
 
 ' I have promised the Beast that I 
 will come back, and he would die of 
 grief if I did not keep my word ! ' 
 
 ' What would that matter to you ? ' 
 said the Prince. ' Surely you would not 
 care ? ' 
 
 ' Indeed I should be ungrateful if I 
 did not care for such a kind Beast,' cried 
 Beauty. 
 
 'I would die to save him from pain. 
 It is not his fault that he is so ugly.' 
 
9» 
 
 BEA UTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 PART XVII 
 
 Just then a strange sound woke her — 
 some one was speaking not very far away ; 
 and, opening her eyes, she found herself 
 
 in a room she had never seen before, 
 which was not nearly so grand as those 
 she was used to in the Beast's palace. 
 
BEAUTY AND^ THE BEAST 99 
 
 Where could she be ? She got up 
 and dressed hastily, and then 1 saw that 
 the boxes she had packed the night 
 before, were all in the room. 
 
 ' While she was wondering, how ; the 
 Beasl; had carried them and herself to 
 this strange place, she heard her father's 
 voice, and rushed out and greeted him 
 joyfully. 
 
 Her brothers and sisters were all very 
 much surprised, as they had never hoped 
 to see her again, and there was no end 
 to the questions they asked her. 
 
 She had also much to hear, about all 
 they had been doing, while she was 
 away, and of her father's journey home. 
 
 ' But when they heard that she had 
 only come to be with them for a short 
 time, and then must go back to the 
 Beast's palace for ever, they all fell 
 a-weeping. 
 
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ioo BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 PART XVIII 
 
 Then Beauty asked her father, what 
 he thought could be the meaning of 
 her strange dreams, and why the Prince 
 always begged her not to trust to 
 the looks of things, but rather to trust 
 her feelings. 
 
 After much thought he said : ' You 
 tell me yourself that the Beast, frightful 
 as he is, loves you dearly, and deserves 
 your love for his gentleness and kindness. 
 I think the Prince must mean you to 
 understand, that you ought to reward him 
 by doing as he wishes you to, in spite 
 of his ugliness.' 
 
 Beauty could not help seeing that 
 this seemed very likely to be the case. 
 
 Still, when she thought of her dear 
 Prince, who was so handsome, she did 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 101 
 
 not feel as if she could marry the 
 Beast. 
 
 At any rate, for two months she 
 need not make up her mind, but could 
 enjoy herself with her sisters. 
 
 But, though they were rich now, and 
 lived in a town again, and had plenty 
 of friends, Beauty found that nothing 
 pleased her very much. 
 
 She often thought of the palage ? 
 where she was so happy, the more so 
 that at home she never once dreamed of 
 her dear Prince, and she felt quite sad 
 without him. 
 
 Then her sisters seemed to have got 
 quite used to being without her. Some- 
 times they even found her rather in the 
 way. 
 
 So she would not have been sorry 
 when the two months were over, but for 
 her father and brothers, who begged her 
 to stay. 
 
»02 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 They seemed so sad ' at the thought 
 of her leaving them again, that she 
 could not make up her mind to say 
 'good-bye , to them. , ; 
 
 Every day when she got up she 
 meant to say it at night, and when 
 night came she put it off again, until 
 at last she had a bad dream which 
 helped her to make up her mind. 
 
 She thought she was walking in a 
 lonely path in the palace gardens, when 
 she heard groans, which seemed to come 
 from some bushes hiding the entrance of 
 a cave. 
 
 And, running quickly' ; to , see what 
 could' be the matter, she found the Beast 
 stretched out upon his: side, nearly dead. 
 
 He told her that she was the cause 
 of his death, and at the same moment 
 a stately lady came and said very 
 gravely : 
 
 ' Ah ! Beauty, you are only just, in 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 163 
 
 time to save his life. See what happens 
 when people do not keep their promises ! 
 If you had stayed away one day more, 
 you would have found him dead.' 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 PART XIX 
 
 Beauty was so upset by this dream, 
 that the next morning she told them 
 all that she .should go back at once, 
 and that very night she said good-bye 
 to her father and all her brothers and 
 sisters. ' 
 
 And as soon as she was in bed, she 
 turned her ring round upon her finger, 
 and said firmly : 
 
 'I wish to go back to my palace 
 and see my Beast again,' as she had 
 been told to do. 
 
104 BEAVTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 Then she fell asleep, and only woke 
 up to hear the clock saying : ' Beauty, 
 Beauty,' twelve times, which told her 
 at once that she was really in the palace 
 once more. 
 
 Everything was just as before, and 
 her birds were so glad to see her. 
 
 But Beauty thought she had never 
 known such a long day, for she wanted 
 so much to see the Beast again, that 
 she felt as if supper-time would never 
 come. 
 
 But when it did come, and no Beast 
 came to say good-night to her, she was 
 really very much afraid. 
 
 So, after waiting for a long time, she 
 ran down into the garden to search for 
 him. 
 
 Up and down the paths and among 
 the trees ran poor Beauty, calling him 
 in vain, for no sound was to be heard, 
 and not a trace of him could she find. 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 105 
 
 At last, quite tired, she stopped for 
 a minute's rest, and saw that she was 
 standing close to the shady path, that 
 she had seen in her dream. 
 
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 She rushed down it, and, sure enough, 
 there was the cave, and in it lay the 
 Beast — asleep, as Beauty thought. 
 
 Quite glad to have found him, she 
 ran up and stroked' his head, but to 
 
.io6 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 her horror he did not move or open his 
 
 eyes. 
 
 „ . ' Oh ! he is dead ; and it is all my 
 
 fault,' said Beauty, crying sadly. 
 
 But thsn, looking at him again, she 
 thought he still breathed, and, hastily 
 fetching some water from the nearest 
 well, she threw it over his face, and, to 
 her great delight, he began to open 
 his eyes. 
 
 ' Oh ! Beast, how you frightened me ! ' 
 she cried. ' I never knew how much I 
 loved you until just now, when I feared 
 I was too late to save your life.' 
 
 ' Can you really love such an ugly 
 thing as I am ? ' said the Beast faintly. 
 ' Ah ! Beauty, you only came just in 
 time, I was dying because I thought 
 you had \ forgotten - your promise. But 
 go back' now and rest; I shall see you 
 again by-and-by.' •' 
 
 ;- Beauty, who, had thought that he 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 107 
 
 would be angry with her, was cheered 
 by his gentle voice, and went back to 
 the palace. 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 PART XX 
 
 Soon after, the Beast came in as usual, 
 and talked about the time she had 
 spent with her father, asking if she had 
 been very happy, and if they had all 
 been very glad to see her. 
 
 Beauty was very glad to have him 
 near her again, and to hear his voice. 
 
 She told him all she had done since 
 she left him. 
 
 And when at last the time came 
 for him to go, and he asked, as he 
 had so often asked before: 
 
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 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
Beauty and the beast 109 
 
 ' Beauty, will you marry me ? ' she 
 said softly : 
 
 ' Yes, dear Beast.' 
 
 As she spoke a blaze of light sprang 
 up before the windows of the palace ; 
 fireworks crackled and guns went off, 
 and across the long row of orange 
 trees, in letters all made of fire-flies, 
 was written : 
 
 'Long live the Prince and his Bride.' 
 
 Turning to ask the Beast what it 
 could all mean, Beauty found that he 
 had gone, and in his place stood her 
 long-loved Prince ! 
 
 At the same moment the wheels of 
 a coach were heard outside, and two 
 ladies came into the room. 
 
 One of them Beauty knew at once 
 to be the stately lady, she had seen in 
 her dreams. The other was also so 
 grand and queenly, that Beauty hardly 
 knew which to greet first. 
 
119 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 But the one she already, knew said 
 to her friend: 
 
 ' Well, Queen, this is Beauty,- who 
 
 has had the courage to love your son 
 when he was in the form of a beast, 
 and so has made him a prince again. 
 They love one another, and only wait 
 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST m 
 
 for you to say you will be glad to see 
 them married, to be quite happy.' 
 
 ' I consent with all my heart,' cried 
 the Queen. 'How can I ever thank 
 you enough, my dear girl, for having 
 given me back my dear son again?' 
 
 And then she kissed both Beauty 
 and the Prince, who had been talking 
 to the Fairy, and thanking her for all 
 she had done for them. 
 
 ' Now,' said the Fairy to Beauty, ' 1 
 suppose you would like me to send 
 for all your brothers and sisters to 
 dance at your wedding ? ' 
 
 And so she did, and they were 
 married the very next day, and Beauty 
 and the Prince lived happily ever after. 
 
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APPENDIX 
 
 THE HISTORY OF JACK THE GIANT-KILLER 
 Paet I.— Pp. 5 to 9. 
 
 bod'-ies 
 
 broad 
 
 broil 
 
 car'-ri-ed 
 
 chalk'-fid 
 
 Corn-wall 
 
 deeds 
 
 de-light' 
 
 eight-een' 
 
 fair'-ies 
 
 fierce 
 
 gi'-ants 
 
 huge 
 
 knights 
 
 lan'-tern 
 
 list'-en 
 
 prey 
 
 reign 
 
 sau'-cy 
 
 search 
 
 skulls 
 
 slab-bed 
 
 ter'-ror 
 
 wea'-ry 
 
 THE HISTORY OF JACK THE GIANT-KILLER 
 Paet II.— Pp. 9 to 12. 
 
 bro'-ken 
 
 bunch 
 
 clothes 
 
 cor'-ner 
 
 cun'-ning 
 
 dread'-ful 
 
 for'-ward 
 
 heard 
 
 huV-bands 
 
 jour'-ney 
 
 knock'-ed 
 
 la'-dies 
 
 mid'-night 
 
 mon'-ey 
 
 quick'-ly 
 
 search 
 
 struck 
 
 thought 
 
 walk'-ing 
 
 wea'-ry 
 
 THE HISTORY OF JACK THE GIANT-KILLER 
 
 Part III.— Pp. 12 to 14. 
 
 bowls 
 
 break'-fast 
 
 cure 
 
 fan'-cy 
 
 fell'-ow 
 
 for'-est 
 
 knife 
 
 k light 
 
 kiow'-ledge 
 
 min'-ute 
 
 morn'-i.ig 
 
 proud 
 
 touch 
 
 snatch'-ed 
 
 stom'-ach 
 
 drag'-ging 
 
 iu-vi'-si-ble 
 
 mat'-ter 
 
 rip'-ped 
 
 wounds 
 
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 JACK THE GIANT-KILLER 
 
 THE HISTORY OF JACK THE GIANT-KILLER 
 Past IV.— Pp. 15 to 17. 
 
 aim'-ed 
 
 ask'-ed 
 
 bod'-y 
 
 bro'-ther 
 
 car'-ri-ed 
 
 drop'-ped 
 
 ea'-sy 
 
 in-vi'-si-ble 
 
 length 
 
 miss'-ing 
 
 mount'-ed 
 
 plun'-ged 
 
 seiz'-ed 
 
 stab'-bed 
 
 sword 
 
 thank'-ed 
 
 tri'-ed 
 
 ty'-ing 
 
 wait'-ing 
 
 wick'-ed 
 
 THE HISTORY OF JACK THE GIANT-KILLER 
 Part V.— Pp. 18 to 21. 
 
 bi'-ting 
 
 break 
 
 cas'-tle 
 
 climb'-ed 
 
 dales 
 
 ear'-ly 
 
 en-chant'-ed 
 
 fai'-ry 
 
 fath'-er 
 
 fi'-er-y 
 
 gar'-den 
 
 gold'-en 
 
 grif'-fln 
 
 knock'-ed 
 
 lone'-ly 
 
 mar'-ri-ed 
 
 prop'-er 
 
 rea'-dy 
 
 seat'-ed 
 
 shrill 
 
 spread 
 
 swore 
 
 thumbs 
 
 trum'-pet 
 
 PRINCE HYACINTH 
 Part I.— Pp. 22 to 25. 
 
 a-fraid' 
 
 ciev'-er 
 
 laugh'4ng 
 
 prin'-eess 
 
 threat 
 
 an'-gry 
 
 dread'-ful 
 
 los'-ing 
 
 re-venge' 
 
 tread 
 
 arch'-ing 
 
 e-nough' 
 
 march'-ed 
 
 spell 
 
 us'-u-al 
 
 a-sleep' 
 
 grind 
 
 pow'-der 
 
 think'-in 
 
 yell 
 
 
 PRINCE 
 
 HYACINTH 
 
 
 
 Paet II.- 
 
 -Pp. 26 to 28. 
 
 
 ac-coant' 
 
 fa'-vour 
 
 learnt 
 
 pleas'-ed 
 
 re'-al-ly 
 
 beau'-ti-fal 
 
 his'-tor-y 
 
 mar'-ri-ed 
 
 pret'-ti-est 
 
 serv'-ed 
 
 brought 
 
 inch 
 
 peo'-ple 
 
 pull'-ing 
 
 stor'-ies 
 
 eyes 
 
 la'-dies 
 
 pict'-ure 
 
 queen 
 
 teach'-er 
 
APPENDIX 
 
 "5 
 
 PRINCE HYACINTH 
 Part III.— Pp. 28 to 32. 
 
 charm'-ing 
 
 court'-i-ers 
 
 daugh'-ter 
 
 fail'-ed 
 
 friends 
 
 joke 
 
 hor'-ror 
 
 laugh'-ing 
 
 learnt 
 
 light'-ning 
 
 pict'-ure 
 
 pres'-ent 
 
 prin'-cess 
 
 queen 
 
 quite 
 
 re-ward' 
 
 sau'-cy 
 
 scene 
 
 sev'-er-al 
 
 snatch' -ing 
 
 thought 
 
 trou'-ble 
 
 warn'-ing 
 
 wo'-man 
 
 an-oth'-er 
 
 court'-i-er 
 
 fol'-low 
 
 hun'-ger 
 
 star'-ving 
 
 PRINCE HYACINTH 
 Part IV.— Pp. 33 to 35. 
 
 bro'-ther 
 e-nough' 
 friend 
 
 caught 
 fath'-er 
 fun'-ny 
 
 choose 
 
 fault 
 
 hun'-dred 
 
 laugh'-ter 
 tight'-ly 
 
 queer 
 wo'-man 
 
 sin'-gle 
 wor'-thy 
 
 al'-most 
 
 for-got' 
 
 min'-ute 
 
 po-lite' 
 
 stu'-pid 
 
 PRINCE HYACINTH 
 Part V.— Pp. 35 to 38. 
 
 an'-gry 
 
 friend 
 
 moth'-er 
 
 re-mem'-ber 
 
 tongue 
 
 daugh'-ter 
 
 hun'-gry 
 
 plague 
 
 sup'-ped 
 
 want'-ed 
 
 ex'-tra 
 
 list'-en 
 
 pleas'-ure 
 
 sup'-per 
 
 worse 
 
 PRINCE HYACINTH 
 Part VI.— Pp. 39 to 42. 
 
 al'-ways 
 
 faults 
 
 flat'-ter 
 
 laugh'-ing 
 
 lone'-ly 
 
 mis'-tress 
 
 par' -ties 
 
 peo'-ple 
 
 pleas'-ed 
 
 prais'-ing 
 
 ques'-tion 
 
 re'-al-ly 
 
 serv'-ant 
 
 shad'-ow 
 
 shock 
 
 sup'-per 
 
 ta'-ble 
 
 thanks 
 
 thou'-sand 
 
 wis-dom 
 
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 JACK THE GIANT-KILLER 
 
 PRINCE HYACINTH 
 Pakt VII.— Pp. 43 to 46. 
 
 aa'-gry 
 
 bod'-y 
 
 e-nough' 
 
 faults 
 
 hap'-pi-ly 
 
 hast'-i-ly 
 
 hun'-gry 
 
 in'-stant 
 
 know'-ing . 
 
 learn'-ed 
 
 less'-on 
 
 mar'-ri-ed 
 
 pal'-ace 
 
 thou'-sand 
 
 us'-ed 
 
 vain 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 Pakt I.— Pp. 47 to 51. 
 
 bro'-ther 
 
 cheer'-ful 
 
 cbil'-dren 
 
 clothes 
 
 cot'-tage 
 
 coun'-try 
 
 daugh'-ter 
 
 dull'-est 
 
 earn 
 
 for'-est 
 
 friend 
 
 luck'-y 
 
 pict'-ures 
 
 pre'-cious 
 
 pret'-ti-er 
 
 ship-wreck 
 
 sis'-ter 
 
 stroke 
 
 clerk 
 
 dan'-cing 
 
 field 
 
 mon'-ey 
 
 serv'-ant 
 
 wish'-ing 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 Pakt II.— Pp. 51 to 54. 
 
 an'-gry 
 
 beg'-ged 
 
 bla'-ming 
 
 car'-go 
 
 cost'-ly 
 
 crowd' -ed 
 
 fath'-er 
 
 friend 
 
 har'-vest 
 
 heard 
 
 mon'-ey 
 
 port 
 
 sis'-ters 
 
 spa'-red 
 
 thought 
 
 young'-est 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 Part III— Pp. 55 to 58. 
 
 al'-most 
 
 an-oth'-er 
 
 brought 
 
 burn'-in§ 
 
 couch 
 
 fall'-ing 
 
 flight 
 
 flow'-ers 
 
 for'-est 
 
 heard 
 
 hid'-den 
 
 hol'-low 
 
 hun'-gry 
 
 path 
 
 reach'-ed 
 
 sha'-ded 
 
 shar'-ed 
 
 shel'-ter 
 
 stop'-ped 
 
 start'-ed 
 
 trunk 
 
 warmth 
 
 weath'-er 
 
 wolves 
 
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 117 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 Part IV.— Pp. 59 to 61. 
 
 bloom 
 
 charm' -ed 
 
 din'-ner 
 
 drawn 
 
 feast 
 
 fruit 
 
 gar'-den 
 
 heart'-y 
 
 meal 
 
 min'-ute 
 
 serv'-ant 
 
 sign 
 
 sta'-ble 
 
 sound'-ly 
 
 thank'-ing 
 
 though 
 
 tim'-id 
 
 turn'-ed 
 
 win'-ter 
 
 won'-der 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 Part V.— Pp. 61 to 65. 
 
 an'-gry 
 
 be-long' 
 
 bid'-ding 
 
 bought 
 
 cru'-el 
 
 death 
 
 de-serve' 
 
 fa'-tal 
 
 fierce 
 
 flow'-ers 
 
 fright'-ful 
 
 grate'-ful 
 
 lone'-ly 
 
 meant 
 
 mo'-ment 
 
 month 
 
 par'-don 
 
 pick'-ed 
 
 pro'-mise 
 
 pun'-ish 
 
 star'-tled 
 
 steal'-ing 
 
 trou'-bles 
 
 wil'-ling-ly 
 
 ask'-ed 
 
 daugh'-ter 
 
 gold'-en 
 
 or'-ders 
 
 ta'-ble 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 Part VI.— Pp. 66 to 68. 
 
 a-wait' 
 
 dish'-es 
 
 has'-ty 
 
 prop'-er 
 
 tas'-ted 
 
 bla'-zing 
 
 fare'-well 
 
 mor'-row 
 
 rea'-dy 
 
 thank'-ed 
 
 break'-fast 
 
 for-got' 
 
 o-bey' 
 
 rough'-ly 
 
 warn'-ed 
 
 an'gry 
 
 break 
 
 dread'-ful 
 
 fall'-en 
 
 guess'-ed 
 
 meant 
 
 suf-fer 
 
 sum'-mer 
 
 truth 
 
 un-ea'-sy 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 Part VII.— Pp. 69 to 71. 
 
 cas'-tle 
 
 fath'-er 
 
 rath'-er 
 
 think'-ing 
 
 un-hap'.py 
 
 cause 
 
 fol'-ly 
 
 stop'-ped 
 
 trou'-ble 
 
 won'-der 
 
n8 
 
 JACK THE GIANT-KILLER 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 a-fraid' 
 
 col'-our 
 
 ga'-zing 
 
 mus'-ic 
 
 sha'-ded 
 
 sur-prise' 
 
 Part VIII.— Pp. 71 to 74. 
 
 be-tween' 
 
 flam'-ing 
 
 hap'-pen 
 
 or'-ange 
 
 shar'-ed 
 
 talk'-ing 
 
 burn'-ing 
 
 for'-est 
 
 hun'-gry 
 
 quite 
 
 smooth'-ly 
 
 torch'-es 
 
 brought 
 gal'-lop 
 mount'-ed 
 reach'-ed 
 
 sound'-ed 
 try'-ing 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 beau'-ty 
 
 cup'-board 
 
 ex-pect' 
 
 pleas'-ed 
 
 sis'-ter 
 
 Part IX- 
 
 bold'-est 
 
 dazz-led 
 
 for-get' 
 
 pre'-cious 
 
 struck 
 
 -Pp. 75 to 78. 
 
 brave'-ly 
 
 dress'-ed 
 
 jew'-el 
 
 queen 
 
 thought 
 
 choose 
 
 ev'-en-ing 
 
 mar'-row 
 
 shelves 
 
 trunk 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 Part X.— Pp. 78 to 82. 
 
 add'-ed 
 di-vi'-ded 
 
 hap'-pi-ness 
 load'-ed 
 
 brook 
 dream'-ed 
 hea'-vy 
 mer'-chant 
 
 cheer'-ful 
 el'-e-phant 
 hur'-ry 
 mock'-ing 
 
 choos'-ing 
 for'-ced 
 jew'-els 
 o'-pen-ed 
 
 pace 
 straight 
 
 paw'-ing 
 use'-ful 
 
 per-haps' 
 voice 
 
 sec'-ond 
 warn'-ed 
 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 
 Part XI.- 
 
 -Pp. 82 to 85. 
 
 
 brace'-let 
 
 dread'-ful 
 
 look'-ing 
 
 pict'-ure 
 
 trou'-ble 
 
 cor'-ner 
 
 glass'-es 
 
 mns'-ic 
 
 prince 
 
 rous'-ed 
 
 de-light' 
 
 hur'-ry 
 
 paint'-ed 
 
 slip'-ped 
 
 un-known' 
 
 din'-ner 
 line'-d 
 pal'-ace 
 so'-fa 
 
 wait'-ine 
 
APPENDIX 
 
 119 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 Part XII.— Pp. 86 to 89. 
 
 be-gin'-ning 
 
 cau'-dles 
 
 chan'-ged 
 
 dusk 
 
 e-nough' 
 
 fa'-ted 
 
 gai'-ly 
 
 gruff'-ly 
 
 hap'-py 
 
 life'-time 
 
 serv'-ed 
 
 thought 
 
 un-known' 
 
 want'-ed 
 
 warn'-ed 
 
 wax 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 Part XIIL— Pp. 89 to 91. 
 
 brook 
 
 cage 
 
 de-light' 
 
 far'-ther 
 
 flow'-ers 
 
 fouut'-ain 
 
 gar'-den 
 
 o'-pen-ed 
 
 morn'-ing 
 
 par'-rots 
 
 perch'-ed 
 
 ques'-tion 
 
 rare 
 
 rib'-bous 
 
 shone 
 
 shoul'-der 
 
 silk 
 
 talk'-ed 
 
 tir'-ed 
 
 us'-u-al 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 Part XIV.— Pp. 91 to 93. 
 
 aet'-ed 
 
 col'-our 
 
 cur'-tain 
 
 dress'-es 
 
 emp'-ty 
 mu'-sic 
 sec'-ond 
 tri'-ed 
 
 ev'-en-ing 
 pal'-ace 
 stop'-ped 
 un-der-stand' 
 
 guide 
 pleas'-ed 
 swift'-ly 
 up-set' 
 
 hap'-py 
 roll'-ed 
 tir'-ed 
 wind'-ow 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 Part XV.— Pp. 93 to 96. 
 
 ask'-ed 
 
 box'-es 
 
 bro'-ther 
 
 cost 
 
 dread'-ful 
 
 faith'-ful 
 
 fierce 
 
 fin'-ger 
 
 firm'-ly 
 
 long'-ing 
 
 months 
 
 peace'-ful-ly 
 
 re-fuse' 
 
 re-pent' 
 
 sis'-ter 
 
 coach 
 
 fath'-er 
 
 gen'-tle 
 
 pro'-mise 
 
 sor'-ry 
 
120 
 
 JACK THE GIANT-KILLER 
 
 be-lov'-ed 
 
 grass'-y 
 
 rush'-ed 
 
 sur-pris'-ed 
 
 dress'-ed 
 
 joy'-M-ly 
 
 ques'-tion 
 
 al'-ways 
 
 en'-tranoe 
 
 grav'-el 
 
 mean'-ing 
 
 quite 
 
 stretch'-ed 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 Paet XVI.— Pp. 96 to 97. 
 cru'-el death fault 
 
 greet'-ed grief pro'-mis-ed 
 
 sor'-ry stretch'-ed sure'-ly 
 
 ug'-ly un-grate'-ful won'-der-ing 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 Paet XVIL— Pp. 98 to 99. 
 greet'-ed hasf-i-ly jour'-ney 
 
 o'-pen-ing pack'-ed pal'-ace 
 
 rush'-ed sur-pris'-ed won'-der-ing 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 Paet XVIIL— Pp. 100 to 103. 
 
 beg'-ged 
 
 friends 
 
 groans 
 
 meant 
 
 run'-ning 
 
 ug'-li-ness 
 
 de-serves' 
 
 fright'-ful 
 
 hap'-pens 
 
 mo'-ment 
 
 stay'-ed 
 
 us'-ed 
 
 en-joy' 
 
 gen'-tle-ness 
 
 hid'-ing 
 
 plen'-ty 
 
 strange 
 
 walk'-ing 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 a-fraid' 
 
 fault 
 
 fright'-en-ed 
 
 paths 
 
 stop'-ped 
 
 ug'-ly 
 
 Paet XIX.— Pp. 103 to 107. 
 
 breath'-ed cheer'-ed i 
 
 fetch'-ing fin'-ger 
 
 hast'-i-ly hor'-ror 
 
 re'-al-ly search 
 
 stro'-ked trace 
 
 un-til' voice 
 
 faint'-ing 
 
 firm'-ly 
 
 min'-ute 
 
 sha'-dy 
 
 twelve 
 
 wait'- 
 
 -mz 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 al-rea'-dy 
 
 cour'-age 
 
 heard 
 
 or'-ange 
 
 us'-u-al 
 
 Paet XX.— Pp. 107 to 111. 
 
 ask'-ing 
 
 crack'-led 
 
 kiss'-ed 
 
 queen'-ly 
 
 wed'-ding 
 
 blaze 
 
 fire'-work 
 
 let'-ters 
 
 quite 
 
 wheels 
 
 con-sent' 
 
 hap'-pi-ly 
 
 mar'-ri-ed 
 
 thank'-ing 
 
 writ'-ten 
 
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