I have fallen in love with what I can never marry , and I must get on as best I can . ' ` It may not be as impossible as you think , ' answered the queen . ` At any rate , tell me . ' There was silence between them for a moment , then , turning away his head , the prince answered gently : ' I have fallen in love with a beautiful deer ! ' ` Ah , if that is all , ' exclaimed the queen joyfully . And she told him in broken words that , as he had guessed , it was no deer but an enchanted maiden who had won back the crown and brought her home to her own people . ` She is here , in my palace , ' added the queen . ' I will take you to her . ' But when the prince stood before the girl , who was so much more beautiful than anything he had ever dreamed of , he lost all his courage , and stood with bent head before her . Then the maiden drew near , and her eyes , as she looked at him , were the eyes of the deer that day in the forest . She whispered softly : ` By your favour let me go , and do not kill me . ' And the prince remembered her words , and his heart was filled with happiness . And the queen , his mother , watched them and smiled . The Owl and the Eagle -LSB- From Cuentos Populars Catalans , por lo Dr. D. Francisco de S. Maspons y Labros . -RSB- Once upon a time , in a savage country where the snow lies deep for many months in the year , there lived an owl and an eagle . Though they were so different in many ways they became great friends , and at length set up house together , one passing the day in hunting and the other the night . In this manner they did not see very much of each other -- and perhaps agreed all the better for that ; but at any rate they were perfectly happy , and only wanted one thing , or , rather , two things , and that was a wife for each . ' I really am too tired when I come home in the evening to clean up the house , ' said the eagle . ` And I am much too sleepy at dawn after a long night 's hunting to begin to sweep and dust , ' answered the owl . And they both made up their minds that wives they must have .
They flew about XXXXX their spare moments to the young ladies of their acquaintance , but the girls all declared they preferred one husband to two .
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