So saying , in spite of Bellissima 's tears and cries , he stabbed the King to the heart with the diamond sword . The poor Princess , seeing her lover lying dead at her feet , could no longer live without him ; she sank down by him and died of a broken heart . So ended these unfortunate lovers , whom not even the Mermaid could help , because all the magic power had been lost with the diamond sword . As to the wicked Dwarf , he preferred to see the Princess dead rather than married to the King of the Gold Mines ; and the Fairy of the Desert , when she heard of the King 's adventures , pulled down the grand monument which she had built , and was so angry at the trick that had been played her that she hated him as much as she had loved him before . The kind Mermaid , grieved at the sad fate of the lovers , caused them to be changed into two tall palm trees , which stand always side by side , whispering together of their faithful love and caressing one another with their interlacing branches . -LRB- 1 -RRB- -LRB- 1 -RRB- Madame d'Aulnoy . LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD Once upon a time there lived in a certain village a little country girl , the prettiest creature was ever seen . Her mother was excessively fond of her ; and her grandmother doted on her still more . This good woman had made for her a little red riding-hood ; which became the girl so extremely well that everybody called her Little Red Riding-Hood . One day her mother , having made some custards , said to her : `` Go , my dear , and see how thy grandmamma does , for I hear she has been very ill ; carry her a custard , and this little pot of butter . '' Little Red Riding-Hood set out immediately to go to her grandmother , who lived in another village . As she was going through the wood , she met with Gaffer Wolf , who had a very great mind to eat her up , but he dared not , because of some faggot-makers hard by in the forest . He asked her whither she was going . The poor child , who did not know that it was dangerous to stay and hear a wolf talk , said to him : `` I am going to see my grandmamma and carry her a custard and a little pot of butter from my mamma . '' `` Does she live far off ? '' said the Wolf . `` Oh ! ay , '' answered Little Red Riding-Hood ; `` it is beyond that mill you see there , at the first house in the village . '' `` Well , '' said the Wolf , `` and I 'll go and see her too . I 'll go this way and you go that , and we shall see who will be there soonest . ''
The XXXXX began to run as fast as he could , taking the nearest way , and the little girl went by that farthest about , diverting herself in gathering nuts , running after butterflies , and making nosegays of such little flowers as she met with .
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