Still he was silent , and Zizi drew herself up proudly . ` No , ' he said at last . ` None of the girls of my own country are beautiful in my eyes , and that is why I came to look for a wife in the land of the sun . Was I wrong , my lovely Zizi ? ' This time it was Zizi 's turn to be silent . IX Talking in this way they drew near to the castle . When they were about four stone-throws from the gates they dismounted in the forest , by the edge of a fountain . ` My dear Zizi , ' said Tubby 's son , ` we can not present ourselves before my father like two common people who have come back from a walk . We must enter the castle with more ceremony . Wait for me here , and in an hour I will return with carriages and horses fit for a princess . ' ` Do n't be long , ' replied Zizi , and she watched him go with wistful eyes . When she was left by herself the poor girl began to feel afraid . She was alone for the first time in her life , and in the middle of a thick forest . Suddenly she heard a noise among the trees . Fearing lest it should be a wolf , she hid herself in the hollow trunk of a willow tree which hung over the fountain . It was big enough to hold her altogether , but she peeped out , and her pretty head was reflected in the clear water . Then there appeared , not a wolf , but a creature quite as wicked and quite as ugly . Let us see who this creature was . X Not far from the fountain there lived a family of bricklayers . Now , fifteen years before this time , the father in walking through the forest found a little girl , who had been deserted by the gypsies .
He carried her home XXXXX his wife , and the good woman was sorry for her , and brought her up with her own sons .
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