The poor little dog , who did n't understand this at all , pulled at his coat to make him at least look at her , and this made Prince Darling so cross that he gave her quite a hard kick . Instantly his ring pricked him sharply , as if it had been a pin . He was very much surprised , and sat down in a corner of his room feeling quite ashamed of himself . `` I believe the Fairy is laughing at me , '' he thought . `` Surely I can have done no great wrong in just kicking a tiresome animal ! What is the good of my being ruler of a great kingdom if I am not even allowed to beat my own dog ? '' `` I am not making fun of you , '' said a voice , answering Prince Darling 's thoughts . `` You have committed three faults . First of all , you were out of temper because you could not have what you wanted , and you thought all men and animals were only made to do your pleasure ; then you were really angry , which is very naughty indeed ; and lastly , you were cruel to a poor little animal who did not in the least deserve to be ill-treated . `` I know you are far above a little dog , but if it were right and allowable that great people should ill-treat all who are beneath them , I might at this moment beat you , or kill you , for a fairy is greater than a man . The advantage of possessing a great empire is not to be able to do the evil that one desires , but to do all the good that one possibly can . '' The Prince saw how naughty he had been , and promised to try and do better in future , but he did not keep his word . The fact was he had been brought up by a foolish nurse , who had spoiled him when he was little . If he wanted anything he only had to cry and fret and stamp his feet and she would give him whatever he asked for , which had made him self-willed ; also she had told him from morning to night that he would one day be a king , and that kings were very happy , because everyone was bound to obey and respect them , and no one could prevent them from doing just as they liked . When the Prince grew old enough to understand , he soon learned that there could be nothing worse than to be proud , obstinate , and conceited , and he had really tried to cure himself of these defects , but by that time all his faults had become habits ; and a bad habit is very hard to get rid of . Not that he was naturally of a bad disposition ; he was truly sorry when he had been naughty , and said : `` I am very unhappy to have to struggle against my anger and pride every day ; if I had been punished for them when I was little they would not be such a trouble to me now . '' His ring pricked him very often , and sometimes he left off what he was doing at once ; but at other times he would not attend to it . Strangely enough , it gave him only a slight prick for a trifling fault , but when he was really naughty it made his finger actually bleed . At last he got tired of being constantly reminded , and wanted to be able to do as he liked , so he threw his ring aside , and thought himself the happiest of men to have got rid of its teasing pricks . He gave himself up to doing every foolish thing that occurred to him , until he became quite wicked and nobody could like him any longer .
One day , when the XXXXX was walking about , he saw a young girl who was so very pretty that he made up his mind at once that he would marry her .
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