In gratitude for her goodness to him , he told her that he was a wizard and could give her anything she chose to ask for , except life or death , so she answered that what she longed for most in the world was that my wrinkled skin should disappear , and that I should regain the beauty with which I was born . To this he replied that as my misfortune resulted from a spell , this was rather difficult , but he would do his best , and at any rate he could promise that before my fifteenth birthday I should be freed from the enchantment if I could get a man who would swear to marry me as I was . ` As you may suppose , this was not easy , as my ugliness was such that no one would look at me a second time . My nurse and I were almost in despair , as my fifteenth birthday was drawing near , and I had never so much as spoken to a man . At last we received a visit from the wizard , who told us what had happened at court , and your story , bidding me to put myself in your way when you had lost all hope , and offer to save you if you would consent to marry me . ` That is my history , and now you must beg the king to send messengers at once to Granada , to inform my father of our marriage , and I think , ' she added with a smile , ` that he will not refuse us his blessing . ' Adapted from the Portuguese . The Jogi 's Punishment Once upon a time there came to the ancient city of Rahmatabad a jogi -LSB- FN # 1 : A Hindu holy man . -RSB- of holy appearance , who took up his abode under a tree outside the city , where he would sit for days at a time fasting from food and drink , motionless except for the fingers that turned restlessly his string of beads . The fame of such holiness as this soon spread , and daily the citizens would flock to see him , eager to get his blessing , to watch his devotions , or to hear his teaching , if he were in the mood to speak . Very soon the rajah himself heard of the jogi , and began regularly to visit him to seek his counsel and to ask his prayers that a son might be vouchsafed to him . Days passed by , and at last the rajah became so possessed with the thought of the holy man that he determined if possible to get him all to himself . So he built in the neighbourhood a little shrine , with a room or two added to it , and a small courtyard closely walled up ; and , when all was ready , besought the jogi to occupy it , and to receive no other visitors except himself and his queen and such pupils as the jogi might choose , who would hand down his teaching . To this the jogi consented ; and thus he lived for some time upon the king 's bounty , whilst the fame of his godliness grew day by day . Now , although the rajah of Rahmatabad had no son , he possessed a daughter , who as she grew up became the most beautiful creature that eye ever rested upon . Her father had long before betrothed her to the son of the neighbouring rajah of Dilaram , but as yet she had not been married to him , and lived the quiet life proper to a maiden of her beauty and position . The princess had of course heard of the holy man and of his miracles and his fasting , and she was filled with curiosity to see and to speak to him ; but this was difficult , since she was not allowed to go out except into the palace grounds , and then was always closely guarded . However , at length she found an opportunity , and made her way one evening alone to the hermit 's shrine . Unhappily , the hermit was not really as holy as he seemed ; for no sooner did he see the princess than he fell in love with her wonderful beauty , and began to plot in his heart how he could win her for his wife . But the maiden was not only beautiful , she was also shrewd ; and as soon as she read in the glance of the jogi the love that filled his soul , she sprang to her feet , and , gathering her veil about her , ran from the place as fast as she could .
The XXXXX tried to follow , but he was no match for her ; so , beside himself with rage at finding that he could not overtake her , he flung at her a lance , which wounded her in the leg .
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