So away she went , but grumbling all the way , taking with her the best silver tankard in the house . She was no sooner at the fountain than she saw coming out of the wood a lady most gloriously dressed , who came up to her , and asked to drink . This was , you must know , the very fairy who appeared to her sister , but now had taken the air and dress of a princess , to see how far this girl 's rudeness would go . `` Am I come hither , '' said the proud , saucy one , `` to serve you with water , pray ? I suppose the silver tankard was brought purely for your ladyship , was it ? However , you may drink out of it , if you have a fancy . '' `` You are not over and above mannerly , '' answered the Fairy , without putting herself in a passion . `` Well , then , since you have so little breeding , and are so disobliging , I give you for a gift that at every word you speak there shall come out of your mouth a snake or a toad . '' So soon as her mother saw her coming she cried out : `` Well , daughter ? '' `` Well , mother ? '' answered the pert hussy , throwing out of her mouth two vipers and two toads . `` Oh ! mercy , '' cried the mother ; `` what is it I see ? Oh ! it is that wretch her sister who has occasioned all this ; but she shall pay for it '' ; and immediately she ran to beat her . The poor child fled away from her , and went to hide herself in the forest , not far from thence . The King 's son , then on his return from hunting , met her , and seeing her so very pretty , asked her what she did there alone and why she cried . `` Alas ! sir , my mamma has turned me out of doors . '' The King 's son , who saw five or six pearls and as many diamonds come out of her mouth , desired her to tell him how that happened .
She thereupon told him the whole story ; and so the XXXXX 's son fell in love with her , and , considering himself that such a gift was worth more than any marriage portion , conducted her to the palace of the King his father , and there married her .
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