We both loved the same Fairy , but she preferred me . However , he was more powerful than I , and succeeded , when for a moment I was off my guard , in changing me into an Eagle , while my Queen was left in an enchanted sleep . I knew that after two hundred years a Prince would recall her to the light of day , and a Princess , in restoring to me the hand which my enemy had cut off , would give me back my natural form . The Fairy who watches over your destiny told me this , and it was she who guided you to the cabinet in the turret , where she had placed my hand . It is she also who permits me to show my gratitude to you by granting whatever favour you may ask of me . Tell me , Princess , what is it that you wish for most ? Shall I make you as beautiful as you deserve to be ? ' ` Ah , if you only would ! ' cried the Princess , and at the same moment she heard a crick-cracking in all her bones . She grew tall and straight and pretty , with eyes like shining stars , and a skin as white as milk . ` Oh , wonderful ! can this really be my poor little self ? ' she exclaimed , looking down in amazement at her tiny worn-out crutch as it lay upon the floor . ` Indeed , Princess , ' replied Florimond , ` it is yourself , but you must have a new name , since the old one does not suit you now . Be called Princess Sunbeam , for you are bright and charming enough to deserve the name . ' And so saying he disappeared , and the Princess , without knowing how she got there , found herself walking under shady trees by a clear river . Of course , the first thing she did was to look at her own reflection in the water , and she was extremely surprised to find that she was exactly like the shepherdess she had so much admired , and wore the same white dress and flowery wreath that she had seen in the painted windows . To complete the resemblance , her flock of sheep appeared , grazing round her , and she found a gay crook adorned with flowers upon the bank of the river . Quite tired out by so many new and wonderful experiences , the Princess sat down to rest at the foot of a tree , and there she fell fast asleep . Now it happened that it was in this very country that Prince Peerless had been set down , and while the Princess Sunbeam was still sleeping peacefully , he came strolling along in search of a shady pasture for his sheep .
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