Last of all walked Delicia , who was so beautiful that it was nothing short of marvellous . They proceeded through the streets , returning the salutations of all they met , great or small , and all the people turned and followed them , wondering who these noble ladies could be . When the audience hall was quite full , the Fairy said to the subjects of the Wicked King that if they would accept Delicia , who was the daughter of the Jolly King , as their Queen , she would undertake to find a suitable husband for her , and would promise that during their reign there should be nothing but rejoicing and merry-making , and all dismal things should be entirely banished . Upon this the people cried with one accord , ` We will , we will ! we have been gloomy and miserable too long already . ' And they all took hands and danced round the Queen , and Delicia , and the good Fairy , singing : ` Yes , yes ; we will , we will ! ' Then there were feasts and fireworks in every street in the town , and early the next morning the Fairy , who had been all over the world in the night , brought back with her , in her flying chariot , the most handsome and good-tempered Prince she could find anywhere . He was so charming that Delicia loved him from the moment their eyes met , and as for him , of course he could not help thinking himself the luckiest Prince in the world . The Queen felt that she had really come to the end of her misfortunes at last , and they all lived happily ever after . -LRB- 10 -RRB- -LRB- 10 -RRB- La bonne vetite Souris ' par Madame d'Aulnoy . GRACIOSA AND PERCINET ONCE upon a time there lived a King and Queen who had one charming daughter . She was so graceful and pretty and clever that she was called Graciosa , and the Queen was so fond of her that she could think of nothing else . Everyday she gave the Princess a lovely new frock of gold brocade , or satin , or velvet , and when she was hungry she had bowls full of sugar-plums , and at least twenty pots of jam . Everybody said she was the happiest Princess in the world . Now there lived at this same court a very rich old duchess whose name was Grumbly . She was more frightful than tongue can tell ; her hair was red as fire , and she had but one eye , and that not a pretty one ! Her face was as broad as a full moon , and her mouth was so large that everybody who met her would have been afraid they were going to be eaten up , only she had no teeth . As she was as cross as she was ugly , she could not bear to hear everyone saying how pretty and how charming Graciosa was ; so she presently went away from the court to her own castle , which was not far off . But if anybody who went to see her happened to mention the charming Princess , she would cry angrily : ` It 's not true that she is lovely . I have more beauty in my little finger than she has in her whole body . '
Soon after this , to the great grief of the Princess , the XXXXX was taken ill and died , and the King became so melancholy that for a whole year he shut himself up in his palace .
Graciosa Grumbly King PERCINET Prince Queen d'Aulnoy fire merry-making sugar-plums