` Is there no hut or cave we could go into ? ' asked she . But the doe only shook her head ; and the two sat down and wept with fright . The fairy Tulip , who , in spite of her anger , was very soft-hearted , was touched at their distress , and flew quickly to their help . ' I can not take away the spell altogether , ' she said , ` for the Fairy of the Fountain is stronger than I ; but I can shorten the time of your punishment , and am able to make it less hard , for as soon as darkness fall you shall resume your own shape . ' To think that by-and-by she would cease to be a white doe -- indeed , that she would at once cease to be one during the night -- was for the present joy enough for Desiree , and she skipped about on the grass in the prettiest manner . ` Go straight down the path in front of you , ' continued the fairy , smiling as she watched her ; ` go straight down the path and you will soon reach a little hut where you will find shelter . ' And with these words she vanished , leaving her hearers happier than they ever thought they could be again . An old woman was standing at the door of the hut when Eglantine drew near , with the white doe trotting by her side . ` Good evening ! ' she said ; ` could you give me a night 's lodging for myself and my doe ? ' ` Certainly I can , ' replied the old woman . And she led them into a room with two little white beds , so clean and comfortable that it made you sleepy even to look at them . The door had hardly closed behind the old woman when the sun sank below the horizon , and Desiree became a girl again . ` Oh , Eglantine ! what should I have done if you had not followed me , ' she cried . And she flung herself into her friend 's arms in a transport of delight . Early in the morning Eglantine was awakened by the sound of someone scratching at the door , and on opening her eyes she saw the white doe struggling to get out . The little creature looked up and into her face , and nodded her head as the maid of honour unfastened the latch , but bounded away into the woods , and was lost to sight in a moment . Meanwhile , the prince and Becasigue were wandering through the wood , till at last the prince grew so tired , that he lay down under a tree , and told Becasigue that he had better go in search of food , and of some place where they could sleep .
Becasigue had not gone very far , when a turn XXXXX the path brought him face to face with the old woman who was feeding her doves before her cottage .
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