ose.

At last the old fairy, who, though she was a chatter-box, was very
good-natured, saw that he was almost breaking his heart. She felt
sorry for him, and wished to help him in spite of himself, for she
knew the enchantment, which hid from him the Princess Darling, could
never be broken till he had discovered his own defect. So she went in
search of the princess, and being more powerful than the magician,
since she was a good fairy, and he was an evil magician, she got her
away from him, and shut her up in a palace of crystal, which she
placed on the road which Prince Wish had to pass.

He was riding along, very melancholy, when he saw the palace; and at
its entrance was a room, made of the purest glass, in which sat his
beloved princess, smiling and beautiful as ever. He leaped from his
horse, and ran towards her. She held out her hand for him to kiss, but
he could not get at it for the glass. Transported with eagerness and
delight, he dashed his sword through the crystal, and succeeded in
breaking a small opening, to which she put up her beautiful rosy
mouth. But it was in vain, Prince Wish could not approach it. He
twisted his neck about, and turned his head on all sides, till at
length, putting up his hand to his face, he discovered the
impediment.

"It must be confessed," exclaimed he, "that my nose _is_ too long."

That moment the glass walls all split asunder, and the old fairy
appeared, leading Princess Darling.

"Avow, prince," said she, "that you are very much obliged to me, for
now the enchantment is ended. You may marry the object of your choice.
But," added she, smiling, "I fear I might have talked to you for ever
on the subject of your nose, and you would not have believed me in its
length, till it became an obstacle to your own inclinations. Now
behold it!" and she held up a crystal mirror. "Are you satisfied to be
no different from other people?"

"Perfectly," said Prince Wish, who found his nose had shrunk to an
ordinary length. And, taking the Princess Darling by the hand, he
kissed her, courteously, affectionately, and satisfactorily. Then they
departed to their own country, and lived very happy all their days.

THE HIND OF THE FOREST.

A beautiful queen, whose subjects adored her, and whose husband
thought her the best woman in the world, had but one sorrow, which was
equally a sorrow both to the king and the country--she brought him no
heir to the throne. She, at last, grew so m