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 for her gifts , and , bidding her farewell , went on his journey . He soon arrived in the town where the mist-veiled queen reigned in her palace , but the whole city had changed , and he could scarcely find his way through the streets . In the palace itself all was still , and he wandered through the rooms without meeting anyone to stop him . At last he entered the queen 's own chamber , and there she lay , with her embroidery still in her hands , fast asleep . He pulled at her dress , but she did not waken . Then a dreadful idea came over him , and he ran to the chamber where the needles had been kept , but it was quite empty . The queen had broken the last over the work she held in her hand , and with it the spell was broken too , and she lay dead . Quick as thought the prince pulled out the golden flask , and sprinkled some drops of the water over the queen . In a moment she moved gently , and raising her head , opened her eyes . ` Oh , my dear friend , I am so glad you wakened me ; I must have slept a long while ! '
` You would have slept till eternity , ' answered the prince , ` if I had not been here XXXXX waken you . '
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