Paperarelloo Once upon a time there lived a king and a queen who had one son . The king loved the boy very much , but the queen , who was a wicked woman , hated the sight of him ; and this was the more unlucky for , when he was twelve years old , his father died , and he was left alone in the world . Now the queen was very angry because the people , who knew how bad she was , seated her son on the throne instead of herself , and she never rested till she had formed a plan to get him out of the way . Fortunately , however , the young king was wise and prudent , and knew her too well to trust her . One day , when his mourning was over , he gave orders that everything should be made ready for a grand hunt . The queen pretended to be greatly delighted that he was going to amuse himself once more , and declared that she would accompany him . ` No , mother , I can not let you come , ' he answered ; ` the ground is rough , and you are not strong . ' But he might as well have spoken to the winds : when the horn was sounded at daybreak the queen was there with the rest . All that day they rode , for game was plentiful , but towards evening the mother and son found themselves alone in a part of the country that was strange to them . They wandered on for some time , without knowing where they were going , till they met with a man whom they begged to give them shelter . ` Come with me , ' said the man gladly , for he was an ogre , and fed on human flesh ; and the king and his mother went with him , and he led them to his house . When they got there they found to what a dreadful place they had come , and , falling on their knees , they offered him great sums of money , if he would only spare their lives . The ogre 's heart was moved at the sight of the queen 's beauty , and he promised that he would do her no harm ; but he stabbed the boy at once , and binding his body on a horse , turned him loose in the forest . The ogre had happened to choose a horse which he had bought only the day before , and he did not know it was a magician , or he would not have been so foolish as to fix upon it on this occasion . The horse no sooner had been driven off with the prince 's body on its back than it galloped straight to the home of the fairies , and knocked at the door with its hoof . The fairies heard the knock , but were afraid to open till they had peeped from an upper window to see that it was no giant or ogre who could do them harm . ` Oh , look , sister ! ' cried the first to reach the window , ` it is a horse that has knocked , and on its back there is bound a dead boy , the most beautiful boy in all the world ! ' Then the fairies ran to open the door , and let in the horse and unbound the ropes which fastened the young king on its back . And they gathered round to admire his beauty , and whispered one to the other : ` We will make him alive again , and will keep him for our brother . '
And so they did , and XXXXX many years they all lived together as brothers and sisters .
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