they cried joyfully , and , getting into their boat again , they soon reached the mouse island . It was time they did , for the captain was just going to land his cargo of cats , when a deputation of mice brought him the precious bronze ring . `` Bronze ring , '' commanded the young man , `` obey thy master . Let my ship appear as it was before . '' Immediately the genii of the ring set to work , and the old black vessel became once more the wonderful golden ship with sails of brocade ; the handsome sailors ran to the silver masts and the silken ropes , and very soon they set sail for the capital . Ah ! how merrily the sailors sang as they flew over the glassy sea ! At last the port was reached . The captain landed and ran to the palace , where he found the wicked old man asleep . The Princess clasped her husband in a long embrace . The magician tried to escape , but he was seized and bound with strong cords . The next day the sorcerer , tied to the tail of a savage mule loaded with nuts , was broken into as many pieces as there were nuts upon the mule 's back . -LRB- 1 -RRB- -LRB- 1 -RRB- Traditions Populaires de l'Asie Mineure . Carnoy et Nicolaides . Paris : Maisonneuve , 1889 . PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS Once upon a time there lived a king who was deeply in love with a princess , but she could not marry anyone , because she was under an enchantment . So the King set out to seek a fairy , and asked what he could do to win the Princess 's love . The Fairy said to him : `` You know that the Princess has a great cat which she is very fond of . Whoever is clever enough to tread on that cat 's tail is the man she is destined to marry . '' The King said to himself that this would not be very difficult , and he left the Fairy , determined to grind the cat 's tail to powder rather than not tread on it at all .
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