Make up your minds at once what you will do , for I vow that you shall marry the Yellow Dwarf . If you do n't , may I burn my crutch ! '' `` Ah ! Princess , '' said the Queen , weeping , `` what is this that I hear ? What have you promised ? '' `` Ah ! my mother , '' replied Bellissima sadly , `` what did you promise , yourself ? '' The King of the Gold Mines , indignant at being kept from his happiness by this wicked old woman , went up to her , and threatening her with his sword , said : `` Get away out of my country at once , and for ever , miserable creature , lest I take your life , and so rid myself of your malice . '' He had hardly spoken these words when the lid of the box fell back on the floor with a terrible noise , and to their horror out sprang the Yellow Dwarf , mounted upon a great Spanish cat . `` Rash youth ! '' he cried , rushing between the Fairy of the Desert and the King . `` Dare to lay a finger upon this illustrious Fairy ! Your quarrel is with me only . I am your enemy and your rival . That faithless Princess who would have married you is promised to me . See if she has not upon her finger a ring made of one of my hairs . Just try to take it off , and you will soon find out that I am more powerful than you are ! '' `` Wretched little monster ! '' said the King ; `` do you dare to call yourself the Princess 's lover , and to lay claim to such a treasure ? Do you know that you are a dwarf -- that you are so ugly that one can not bear to look at you -- and that I should have killed you myself long before this if you had been worthy of such a glorious death ? ''
The Yellow Dwarf , deeply enraged at these words , set spurs to his cat , which yelled horribly , and leaped hither and thither -- terrifying everybody except the brave King , who pursued the Dwarf closely , till he , drawing a great knife with which he was armed , challenged the King to meet him in single combat , and rushed down into the courtyard XXXXX the palace with a terrible clatter .
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