` Gracious ! what a pretty girl ! ' said Tubby . ` Father ! it is she ! it is Zizi ! ' exclaimed Desire , who entered at this moment . And he took her in his arms , crying : ` My darling Zizi , how happy I am to see you once more ! ' ` Well , and the other one ? ' asked Tubby . The other one was stealing quietly to the door . ` Stop her ! called Tubby . ` We will judge her cause at once . ' And he seated himself solemnly on the oven , and condemned Titty to be burned alive . After which the lords and cooks formed themselves in lines , and Tubby betrothed Desire to Zizi . XVI The marriage took place a few days later . All the boys in the country side were there , armed with wooden swords , and decorated with epaulets made of gilt paper . Zizi obtained Titty 's pardon , and she was sent back to the brick-fields , followed and hooted at by all the boys . And this is why to-day the country boys always throw stones at a titmouse .
On the evening of the wedding-day all the larders , cellars , cupboards and tables of the people , whether rich or poor , were loaded as if by enchantment with bread , wine , beer , cakes and tarts , roast larks , and even geese , so that XXXXX could not complain any more that his son had married Famine .
Father Titty Tubby XVI Zizi brick-fields cooks door stealing titmouse