And so she went on talk , talk , talking , until her waiting-women wondered where she got it all from . But when they tried to stop her , and represented that her high rank made it perfectly impossible that she should do any such thing , she would not listen , and ordered them to be silent . As soon as the ambassador arrived at the palace , the Queen started to fetch her daughter . All the streets were spread with carpets , and the windows were full of ladies who were waiting to see the Princess , and carried baskets of flowers and sweetmeats to shower upon her as she passed . They had hardly begun to get the Princess ready when a dwarf arrived , mounted upon an elephant . He came from the five fairies , and brought for the Princess a crown , a sceptre , and a robe of golden brocade , with a petticoat marvellously embroidered with butterflies ' wings . They also sent a casket of jewels , so splendid that no one had ever seen anything like it before , and the Queen was perfectly dazzled when she opened it . But the Princess scarcely gave a glance to any of these treasures , for she thought of nothing but Fanfaronade . The Dwarf was rewarded with a gold piece , and decorated with so many ribbons that it was hardly possible to see him at all . The Princess sent to each of the fairies a new spinning-wheel with a distaff of cedar wood , and the Queen said she must look through her treasures and find something very charming to send them also . When the Princess was arrayed in all the gorgeous things the Dwarf had brought , she was more beautiful than ever , and as she walked along the streets the people cried : ` How pretty she is ! How pretty she is ! ' The procession consisted of the Queen , the Princess , five dozen other princesses her cousins , and ten dozen who came from the neighbouring kingdoms ; and as they proceeded at a stately pace the sky began to grow dark , then suddenly the thunder growled , and rain and hail fell in torrents . The Queen put her royal mantle over her head , and all the princesses did the same with their trains . Mayblossom was just about to follow their example when a terrific croaking , as of an immense army of crows , rooks , ravens , screech-owls , and all birds of ill-omen was heard , and at the same instant a huge owl skimmed up to the Princess , and threw over her a scarf woven of spiders ' webs and embroidered with bats ' wings . And then peals of mocking laughter rang through the air , and they guessed that this was another of the Fairy Carabosse 's unpleasant jokes . The Queen was terrified at such an evil omen , and tried to pull the black scarf from the Princess 's shoulders , but it really seemed as if it must be nailed on , it clung so closely . ` Ah ! ' cried the Queen , ` can nothing appease this enemy of ours ? What good was it that I sent her more than fifty pounds of sweetmeats , and as much again of the best sugar , not to mention two Westphalia hams ?
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