e day more is all you have to live."

"To-morrow," replied Carlos, "I'll come before your Highness, and I'll
show to you that what I said to the princess is true." When morning
came the next day, Carlos was ordered into the king's presence. All
the lords and nobles of the kingdom were in the palace, anxious to
see the Goddess of the Sea. It was already eight o'clock, and the
goddess had not yet appeared. The king asked, "Where is she, Carlos?"

"She cannot come," replied Carlos; "but, if your Highness wants me to,
I'll give you a trunk filled with gold in exchange for my life."

"No," said the king angrily: "what we want is the Goddess of the
Sea. If you cannot show her to us, prepare to be hanged."

Carlos touched the ring six times, and the beautiful Goddess of the
Sea appeared. All were amazed to see a woman with curly hair, a star
on her forehead, a moon on her throat, and wearing a white dress
glistening with diamonds. "Carlos is an enchanter!" cried the king,
and he ran to embrace the goddess. In five minutes she disappeared,
and Carlos's life was saved.

Don Fernando now proposed to marry his daughter Florentina to
Carlos. At first the princess hesitated to say yes, but at last she
consented. Carlos was glad to marry the beautiful princess; but,
before the marriage took place, he went to get his poor mother,
who was anxiously awaiting his return home.

Carlos with his diamond ring could now have everything he needed. In
fact, he made the chapel in which he was married all of gold. The
wedding-dress of the princess was adorned with diamonds. Immediately
after the wedding, poor Carmen died of happiness. Carlos continued
to live in the palace with his wife Florentina, but he never came to
know the meaning of his name.

Note.

I know of no variants of this story. The detail of the helpful animals
is common in Filipino Maerchen; here, however, the kindness of the
eagle and the fish lack the usual motivation.

TALE 45

MARIA AND THE GOLDEN SLIPPER.

Narrated by Dolores Zafra, a Tagalog from Pagsanjan, Laguna. She
says that this is a Tagalog story, and was told to her when she was
a little girl.

Once there lived a couple who had an only daughter, Maria. When Maria
was a little girl, her mother died. A few years later Maria's father
fell in love with a widow named Juana, who had two daughters. The
elder of these daughters was Rosa, and the younger was Damiana. When
Maria was grown to be a young