Charming was thinking sadly of having to go back unsuccessful when he heard someone calling : `` Charming , Charming ! '' He looked all about him and thought he must be dreaming , as he could not see anybody . Then he walked on and the voice called again : `` Charming , Charming ! '' `` Who calls me ? '' said he . Frisk , who was very small and could look closely into the water , cried out : `` I see a golden carp coming . '' And sure enough there was the great carp , who said to Charming : `` You saved my life in the meadow by the willow tree , and I promised that I would repay you . Take this , it is Princess Goldilock 's ring . '' Charming took the ring out of Dame Carp 's mouth , thanking her a thousand times , and he and tiny Frisk went straight to the palace , where someone told the Princess that he was asking to see her . `` Ah ! poor fellow , '' said she , `` he must have come to say good-by , finding it impossible to do as I asked . '' So in came Charming , who presented her with the ring and said : `` Madam , I have done your bidding . Will it please you to marry my master ? '' When the Princess saw her ring brought back to her unhurt she was so astonished that she thought she must be dreaming . `` Truly , Charming , '' said she , `` you must be the favorite of some fairy , or you could never have found it . '' `` Madam , '' answered he , `` I was helped by nothing but my desire to obey your wishes . '' `` Since you are so kind , '' said she , `` perhaps you will do me another service , for till it is done I will never be married . There is a prince not far from here whose name is Galifron , who once wanted to marry me , but when I refused he uttered the most terrible threats against me , and vowed that he would lay waste my country . But what could I do ? I could not marry a frightful giant as tall as a tower , who eats up people as a monkey eats chestnuts , and who talks so loud that anybody who has to listen to him becomes quite deaf .
Nevertheless , he does not cease XXXXX persecute me and to kill my subjects .
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