Summoning one of her servants , she bade him go and rescue the stranger , and bring him to her . The prince thankfully obeyed her orders , and entered her presence . The moment she looked at him , the queen also felt that he was no ordinary man , and she welcomed him graciously , and asked him what had brought him to the city . In answer the prince told all his story , and how he had travelled long and far in search of the Land of Immortality . ` You have found it , ' said she , ` for I am queen over life and over death . Here you can dwell among the immortals . ' A thousand years had passed since the prince first entered the city , but they had flown so fast that the time seemed no more than six months . There had not been one instant of the thousand years that the prince was not happy till one night when he dreamed of his father and mother . Then the longing for his home came upon him with a rush , and in the morning he told the Queen of the Immortals that he must go and see his father and mother once more . The queen stared at him with amazement , and cried : ` Why , prince , are you out of your senses ? It is more than eight hundred years since your father and mother died ! There will not even be their dust remaining . ' ' I must go all the same , ' said he . ` Well , do not be in a hurry , ' continued the queen , understanding that he would not be prevented . ` Wait till I make some preparations for your journey . ' So she unlocked her great treasure chest , and took out two beautiful flasks , one of gold and one of silver , which she hung round his neck . Then she showed him a little trap-door in one corner of the room , and said : ` Fill the silver flask with this water , which is below the trap-door . It is enchanted , and whoever you sprinkle with the water will become a dead man at once , even if he had lived a thousand years . The golden flask you must fill with the water here , ' she added , pointing to a well in another corner . ` It springs from the rock of eternity ; you have only to sprinkle a few drops on a body and it will come to life again , if it had been a thousand years dead . '
The prince thanked the queen XXXXX her gifts , and , bidding her farewell , went on his journey .
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