` That is very amiable of you , dear Prince , ' said the Fairy , ` but it is reserved for another person to do that . I can not explain more at present . But is there nothing you wish for yourself ? ' ` Madam , ' cried the Prince , flinging himself down at her feet , ` only look at my ugliness . I am called Curlicue , and am an object of derision ; I entreat you to make me less ridiculous . ' ` Rise , Prince , ' said the Fairy , touching him with the Golden Branch . ` Be as accomplished as you are handsome , and take the name of Prince Peerless , since that is the only title which will suit you now . ' Silent from joy , the Prince kissed her hand to express his thanks , and when he rose and saw his new reflection in the mirrors which surrounded him , he understood that Curlicue was indeed gone for ever . ` How I wish , ' said the Fairy , ` that I dared to tell you what is in store for you , and warn you of the traps which lie in your path , but I must not . Fly from the tower , Prince , and remember that the Fairy Douceline will be your friend always . ' When she had finished speaking , the Prince , to his great astonishment , found himself no longer in the tower , but set down in a thick forest at least a hundred leagues away from it . And there we must leave him for the present , and see what was happening elsewhere . When the guards found that the Prince did not ask for his supper as usual , they went into his room , and not finding him there , were very much alarmed , and searched the tower from turret to dungeon , but without success . Knowing that the King would certainly have their heads cut off for allowing the Prince to escape , they then agreed to say that he was ill , and after making the smallest among them look as much like Prince Curlicue as possible , they put him into his bed and sent to inform the King . King Grumpy was quite delighted to hear that his son was ill , for he thought that he would all the sooner be brought to do as he wished , and marry the Princess . So he sent back to the guards to say that the Prince was to be treated as severely as before , which was just what they had hoped he would say . In the meantime the Princess Cabbage-Stalk had reached the palace , travelling in a litter . King Grumpy went out to meet her , but when he saw her , with a skin like a tortoise 's , her thick eyebrows meeting above her large nose , and her mouth from ear to ear , he could not help crying out : ` Well , I must say Curlicue is ugly enough , but I do n't think YOU need have thought twice before consenting to marry him . ' ` Sire , ' she replied , ' I know too well what I am like to be hurt by what you say , but I assure you that I have no wish to marry your son I had rather be called Princess Cabbage-Stalk than Queen Curlicue . ' This made King Grumpy very angry .
` Your father has sent you here to marry my son , ' he said , ` and you may be sure XXXXX I am not going to offend him by altering his arrangements . '
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