When he answered firmly that he was , she called up the appearance of the Princess Sunbeam to the other end of the gallery , and said : ` You see your beloved there ? Take care what you are about , for if you again refuse to marry me she shall be torn in pieces by two tigers . ' The Prince was distracted , for he fancied he heard his dear shepherdess weeping and begging him to save her . In despair he cried : ` Oh , Fairy Douceline , have you abandoned me after so many promises of friendship ? Help , help us now ! ' Immediately a soft voice said in his ear : ` Be firm , happen what may , and seek the Golden Branch . ' Thus encouraged , the Prince persevered in his refusal , and at length the old Fairy in a fury cried : ` Get out of my sight , obstinate Prince . Become a Cricket ! ' And instantly the handsome Prince Peerless became a poor little black Cricket , whose only idea would have been to find himself a cosy cranny behind some blazing hearth , if he had not luckily remembered the Fairy Douceline 's injunction to seek the Golden Branch . So he hastened to depart from the fatal castle , and sought shelter in a hollow tree , where he found a forlorn looking little Grasshopper crouching in a corner , too miserable to sing . Without in the least expecting an answer , the Prince asked it : ` And where may you be going , Gammer Grasshopper ? ' ` Where are you going yourself , Gaffer Cricket ? ' replied the Grasshopper . ` What ! can you speak ? ' said he . ` Why should I not speak as well as you ? Is n't a Grasshopper as good as a Cricket ? ' said she . ' I can talk because I was a Prince , ' said the Cricket .
` And XXXXX that very same reason I ought to be able to talk more than you , for I was a Princess , ' replied the Grasshopper .
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