At the same time she put a little gold ring upon his finger . `` Take great care of this ring , '' she said : `` it is more precious than diamonds ; every time you do a bad deed it will prick your finger , but if , in spite of its pricking , you go on in your own evil way , you will lose my friendship , and I shall become your enemy . '' So saying , the Fairy disappeared , leaving Prince Darling very much astonished . For some time he behaved so well that the ring never pricked him , and that made him so contented that his subjects called him Prince Darling the Happy . One day , however , he went out hunting , but could get no sport , which put him in a very bad temper ; it seemed to him as he rode along that his ring was pressing into his finger , but as it did not prick him he did not heed it . When he got home and went to his own room , his little dog Bibi ran to meet him , jumping round him with pleasure . `` Get away ! '' said the Prince , quite gruffly . `` I do n't want you , you are in the way . '' The poor little dog , who did n't understand this at all , pulled at his coat to make him at least look at her , and this made Prince Darling so cross that he gave her quite a hard kick . Instantly his ring pricked him sharply , as if it had been a pin . He was very much surprised , and sat down in a corner of his room feeling quite ashamed of himself . `` I believe the Fairy is laughing at me , '' he thought . `` Surely I can have done no great wrong in just kicking a tiresome animal ! What is the good of my being ruler of a great kingdom if I am not even allowed to beat my own dog ? '' `` I am not making fun of you , '' said a voice , answering Prince Darling 's thoughts . `` You have committed three faults . First of all , you were out of temper because you could not have what you wanted , and you thought all men and animals were only made to do your pleasure ; then you were really angry , which is very naughty indeed ; and lastly , you were cruel to a poor little animal who did not in the least deserve to be ill-treated . `` I know you are far above a little dog , but if it were right and allowable that great people should ill-treat all who are beneath them , I might at this moment beat you , or kill you , for a fairy is greater than a man . The advantage of possessing a great empire is not to be able to do the evil that one desires , but to do all the good that one possibly can . ''
The Prince saw how naughty he had been , and promised XXXXX try and do better in future , but he did not keep his word .
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