It was of green and gold brocade , embroidered with pearls and rubies , and her long golden hair was tied back with strings of diamonds and emeralds , and crowned with flowers . The Fairy made her mount beside her in the golden chariot , and took her on board the Admiral 's ship , where she bade her farewell , sending many messages of friendship to the Queen , and bidding the Princess tell her that she was the fifth Fairy who had attended the christening . Then salutes were fired , the fleet weighed anchor , and very soon they reached the port . Here the King and Queen were waiting , and they received the Princess with such joy and kindness that she could not get a word in edgewise , to say how sorry she was for having run away with such a very poor spirited Ambassador . But , after all , it must have been all Carabosse 's fault . Just at this lucky moment who should arrive but King Merlin 's son , who had become uneasy at not receiving any news from his Ambassador , and so had started himself with a magnificent escort of a thousand horsemen , and thirty body-guards in gold and scarlet uniforms , to see what could have happened . As he was a hundred times handsomer and braver than the Ambassador , the Princess found she could like him very much . So the wedding was held at once , with so much splendour and rejoicing that all the previous misfortunes were quite forgotten . -LRB- 1 -RRB- -LRB- 1 -RRB- La Princesse Printaniere . Par Mme. d'Aulnoy . SORIA MORIA CASTLE THERE was once upon a time a couple of folks who had a son called Halvor . Ever since he had been a little boy he had been unwilling to do any work , and had just sat raking about among the ashes . His parents sent him away to learn several things , but Halvor stayed nowhere , for when he had been gone two or three days he always ran away from his master , hurried off home , and sat down in the chimney corner to grub among the ashes again . One day , however , a sea captain came and asked Halvor if he had n't a fancy to come with him and go to sea , and behold foreign lands . And Halvor had a fancy for that , so he was not long in getting ready . How long they sailed I have no idea , but after a long , long time there was a terrible storm , and when it was over and all had become calm again , they knew not where they were , for they had been driven away to a strange coast of which none of them had any knowledge . As there was no wind at all they lay there becalmed , and Halvor asked the skipper to give him leave to go on shore to look about him , for he would much rather do that than lie there and sleep . ` Dost thou think that thou art fit to go where people can see thee ? ' said the skipper ; ` thou hast no clothes but those rags thou art going about in ! ' Halvor still begged for leave , and at last got it , but he was to come back at once if the wind began to rise .
So he went XXXXX shore , and it was a delightful country ; whithersoever he went there were wide plains with fields and meadows , but as for people , there were none to be seen .
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