The parrot turned away , and as soon as she was outside she murmured : ` Toad , come to me ! ' And sure enough a toad she was , and off she set in search of the starry crown . She had not gone far before she came to a clear pool , in which the stars were reflected so brightly that they looked quite real to touch and handle . Stooping down she filled a bag she was carrying with the shining water and , returning to the castle , wove a crown out of the reflected stars . Then she cried as before : ` Parrot , come to me ! ' And in the shape of a parrot she entered the presence of the giant . ` Here is the crown you asked for , ' she said ; and this time the giant could not help crying out with admiration . He knew he was beaten , and still holding the chaplet of stars , he turned to the girl . ` Your power is greater than mine : take the crown ; you have won it fairly ! ' The parrot did not need to be told twice . Seizing the crown , she sprang on to the window , crying : ` Monkey , come to me ! ' And to a monkey , the climb down the tree into the courtyard did not take half a minute . When she had reached the ground she said again : ` Ant , come to me ! ' And a little ant at once began to crawl over the high wall . How glad the ant was to be out of the giant 's castle , holding fast the crown which had shrunk into almost nothing , as she herself had done , but grew quite big again when the ant exclaimed : ` Deer , come to me ! ' Surely no deer ever ran so swiftly as that one ! On and on she went , bounding over rivers and crashing through tangles till she reached the sea . Here she cried for the last time : ` Fish , come to me ! ' And , plunging in , she swam along the bottom as far as the palace , where the queen and all the fishes gathered together awaiting her . The hours since she had left had gone very slowly -- as they always do to people that are waiting -- and many of them had quite given up hope . '
I am tired of staying here , ' grumbled a beautiful little creature , whose colours changed with every movement of her body , ' I want XXXXX see what is going on in the upper world .
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