Meanwhile the Invisible Prince was turning over in his mind how he could best deliver Rosalie . As , since he had been touched by the Giant 's ring , he had the power to live in the water as well as on land , he at once dived into the fountain . He perceived in one corner a door leading into the mountain , and at the foot of the mountain was a high rock on which was fixed an iron ring with a cord attached . The Prince promptly guessed that the cord was used to chain the Princess , and drew his sword and cut it . In a moment he felt the Princess 's hand in his , for she had always kept her magic pebble in her mouth , in spite of the prayers and entreaties of the Prince of the Air to make herself visible . So hand in hand the invisible Prince and Rosalie crossed the mountain ; but as the Princess had no power of living under water , she could not pass the Golden Fountain . Speechless and invisible they clung together on the brink , trembling at the frightful tempest the Prince of the Air had raised in his fury . The storm had already lasted many days when tremendous heat began to make itself felt . The lightning flashed , the thunder rattled , fire bolts fell from heaven , burning up the forests and even the fields of corn . In one instant the very streams were dried up , and the Prince , seizing his opportunity , carried the Princess over the Golden Fountain . It took them a long time still to reach the Golden Isle , but at last they got there , and we may be quite sure they never wanted to leave it any more . THE CROW -LRB- 13 -RRB- -LRB- 13 -RRB- From the Polish . Kletke . Once upon a time there were three Princesses who were all three young and beautiful ; but the youngest , although she was not fairer than the other two , was the most loveable of them all . About half a mile from the palace in which they lived there stood a castle , which was uninhabited and almost a ruin , but the garden which surrounded it was a mass of blooming flowers , and in this garden the youngest Princess used often to walk . One day when she was pacing to and fro under the lime trees , a black crow hopped out of a rose-bush in front of her . The poor beast was all torn and bleeding , and the kind little Princess was quite unhappy about it . When the crow saw this it turned to her and said : ' I am not really a black crow , but an enchanted Prince , who has been doomed to spend his youth in misery . If you only liked , Princess , you could save me . But you would have to say good-bye to all your own people and come and be my constant companion in this ruined castle .
There is one habitable room in it , in which there is a golden bed ; there you will have to live all by yourself , and do n't forget XXXXX whatever you may see or hear in the night you must not scream out , for if you give as much as a single cry my sufferings will be doubled . '
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