Now all the people rejoiced , because the wicked King should rule them no longer . And they asked the boy to be their king , but he said no , he must take his mother home to her father 's house . So the people chose for king the man who had been kind to his mother when first she was cast on the island in the great chest . Presently the boy and his mother and his wife set sail for his mother 's own country , from which she had been driven so unkindly . But on the way they stayed at the court of a king , and it happened that he was holding games , and giving prizes to the best runners , boxers , and quoit-throwers . Then the boy would try his strength with the rest , but he threw the quoit so far that it went beyond what had ever been thrown before , and fell in the crowd , striking a man so that he died . Now this man was no other than the father of the boy 's mother , who had fled away from his own kingdom for fear his grandson should find him and kill him after all . Thus he was destroyed by his own cowardice and by chance , and thus the prophecy was fulfilled . But the boy and his wife and his mother went back to the kingdom that was theirs , and lived long and happily after all their troubles . THE STORY OF PRETTY GOLDILOCKS Once upon a time there was a princess who was the prettiest creature in the world . And because she was so beautiful , and because her hair was like the finest gold , and waved and rippled nearly to the ground , she was called Pretty Goldilocks . She always wore a crown of flowers , and her dresses were embroidered with diamonds and pearls , and everybody who saw her fell in love with her . Now one of her neighbors was a young king who was not married . He was very rich and handsome , and when he heard all that was said about Pretty Goldilocks , though he had never seen her , he fell so deeply in love with her that he could neither eat nor drink . So he resolved to send an ambassador to ask her in marriage . He had a splendid carriage made for his ambassador , and gave him more than a hundred horses and a hundred servants , and told him to be sure and bring the Princess back with him . After he had started nothing else was talked of at Court , and the King felt so sure that the Princess would consent that he set his people to work at pretty dresses and splendid furniture , that they might be ready by the time she came . Meanwhile , the ambassador arrived at the Princess 's palace and delivered his little message , but whether she happened to be cross that day , or whether the compliment did not please her , is not known . She only answered that she was very much obliged to the King , but she had no wish to be married . The ambassador set off sadly on his homeward way , bringing all the King 's presents back with him , for the Princess was too well brought up to accept the pearls and diamonds when she would not accept the King , so she had only kept twenty-five English pins that he might not be vexed .
When the ambassador reached the city , where the King was waiting impatiently , everybody was very much annoyed with him XXXXX not bringing the Princess , and the King cried like a baby , and nobody could console him .
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