` See if I do n't make her change her mind pretty soon ! ' said the wicked King with a chuckle . Then the guards began to search the poultry-yard , and could find nobody there but Delicia , who , with her splendid dress and her crown of diamonds , looked such a lovely Princess that they hardly dared to speak to her . But she said to them very politely : ` Pray tell me what you are looking for here ? ' ` Madam , ' they answered , ` we are sent for an insignificant little person called Delicia . ' ` Alas ! ' said she , ` that is my name . What can you want with me ? ' So the guards tied her hands and feet with thick ropes , for fear she might run away , and brought her to the King , who was waiting with his son . When he saw her he was very much astonished at her beauty , which would have made anyone less hard-hearted sorry for her . But the wicked King only laughed and mocked at her , and cried : ` Well , little fright , little toad ! why do n't you love my son , who is far too handsome and too good for you ? Make haste and begin to love him this instant , or you shall be tarred and feathered . ' Then the poor little Princess , shaking with terror , went down on her knees , crying : ` Oh , do n't tar and feather me , please ! It would be so uncomfortable . Let me have two or three days to make up my mind , and then you shall do as you like with me . ' The wicked Prince would have liked very much to see her tarred and feathered , but the King ordered that she should be shut up in a dark dungeon . It was just at this moment that the Queen and the Fairy arrived in the flying chariot , and the Queen was dreadfully distressed at the turn affairs had taken , and said miserably that she was destined to be unfortunate all her days . But the Fairy bade her take courage . ` I 'll pay them out yet , ' said she , nodding her head with an air of great determination .
That very same night , as soon as the wicked King had gone XXXXX bed , the Fairy changed herself into the little mouse , and creeping up on to his pillow nibbled his ear , so that he squealed out quite loudly and turned over on his other side ; but that was no good , for the little mouse only set to work and gnawed away at the second ear until it hurt more than the first one .
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