In vain did his anxious followers seek for him , he was nowhere to be found . As they were hunting and shouting through the trees a black monkey suddenly appeared on a point of rock and said : ` Poor sorrowing people , you are seeking your Prince in vain . Return to your own country and know that he will not be restored to you till you have for some time failed to recognise him . ' With these words he vanished , leaving the courtiers sadly perplexed ; but as all their efforts to find the Prince were useless they had no choice but to go home , bringing with them the sad news , which so greatly distressed the King that he fell ill and died not long after . The Queen , whose ambition was boundless , was delighted to see the crown on her son 's head and to have the power in her own hands . Her hard rule made her very unpopular , and it was commonly believed that she had made away with Prince Alphege . Indeed , had the King her son not been deservedly beloved a revolution would certainly have arisen . Meantime the former governess of the unfortunate Alphege , who had lost her husband soon after the King 's death , retired to her own house with her daughter , who grew up a lovely and most loveable girl , and both continued to mourn the loss of their dear Prince . The young King was devoted to hunting , and often indulged in his favourite pastime , attended by the noblest youths in his kingdom . One day , after a long morning 's chase he stopped to rest near a brook in the shade of a little wood , where a splendid tent had been prepared for him . Whilst at luncheon he suddenly spied a little monkey of the brightest green sitting on a tree and gazing so tenderly at him that he felt quite moved . He forbade his courtiers to frighten it , and the monkey , noticing how much attention was being paid him , sprang from bough to bough , and at length gradually approached the King , who offered him some food . The monkey took it very daintily and finally came to the table . The King took him on his knees , and , delighted with his capture , brought him home with him . He would trust no one else with its care , and the whole Court soon talked of nothing but the pretty green monkey . One morning , as Prince Alphege 's governess and her daughter were alone together , the little monkey sprang in through an open window . He had escaped from the palace , and his manners were so gentle and caressing that Zayda and her mother soon got over the first fright he had given them . He had spent some time with them and quite won their hearts by his insinuating ways , when the King discovered where he was and sent to fetch him back . But the monkey made such piteous cries , and seemed so unhappy when anyone attempted to catch him , that the two ladies begged the King to leave him a little longer with them , to which he consented . One evening , as they sat by the fountain in the garden , the little monkey kept gazing at Zayda with such sad and loving eyes that she and her mother could not think what to make of it , and they were still more surprised when they saw big tears rolling down his cheeks .
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