Then she began to cry , but the King kissed her and told her to dry her tears , as that was just what they had come for , to take her out of the tower and bring her to their beautiful castle , and the Prince showed her the pocketful of sugar plums he had brought for her , and said : ` Make haste , and let us get away from this ugly tower , and very soon the King will arrange a grand marriage for you . ' When Rosette saw the beautiful garden , full of fruit and flowers , with green grass and sparkling fountains , she was so astonished that not a word could she say , for she had never in her life seen anything like it before . She looked about her , and ran hither and thither gathering fruit and flowers , and her little dog Frisk , who was bright green all over , and had but one ear , danced before her , crying ` Bow-wow-wow , ' and turning head over heels in the most enchanting way . Everybody was amused at Frisk 's antics , but all of a sudden he ran away into a little wood , and the Princess was following him , when , to her great delight , she saw a peacock , who was spreading his tail in the sunshine . Rosette thought she had never seen anything so pretty . She could not take her eyes off him , and there she stood entranced until the King and the Prince came up and asked what was amusing her so much . She showed them the peacock , and asked what it was , and they answered that it was a bird which people sometimes ate . ` What ! ' said the Princess , ` do they dare to kill that beautiful creature and eat it ? I declare that I will never marry any one but the King of the Peacocks , and when I am Queen I will take very good care that nobody eats any of my subjects . ' At this the King was very much astonished . ` But , little sister , ' said he , ` where shall we find the King of the Peacocks ? ' ` Oh ! wherever you like , sire , ' she answered , ` but I will never marry any one else . ' After this they took Rosette to the beautiful castle , and the peacock was brought with her , and told to walk about on the terrace outside her windows , so that she might always see him , and then the ladies of the court came to see the Princess , and they brought her beautiful presents -- dresses and ribbons and sweetmeats , diamonds and pearls and dolls and embroidered slippers , and she was so well brought up , and said , ` Thank you ! ' so prettily , and was so gracious , that everyone went away delighted with her . Meanwhile the King and the Prince were considering how they should find the King of the Peacocks , if there was such a person in the world . And first of all they had a portrait made of the Princess , which was so like her that you really would not have been surprised if it had spoken to you . Then they said to her : ` Since you will not marry anyone but the King of the Peacocks , we are going out together into the wide world to search for him . If we find him for you we shall be very glad .
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