He told her that he had been enchanted by a spiteful fairy, who had changed him
into a frog; and that he had been fated so to abide till some princess should
take him out of the spring, and let him eat from her plate, and sleep upon her
bed for three nights.
'You,' said the prince, 'have broken his cruel charm, and now I have nothing to
wish for but that you should go with me into my father's kingdom, where I will
marry you, and love you as long as you live.'
The young princess, you may be sure, was not long in saying 'Yes' to all this;
and as they spoke a brightly coloured coach drove up, with eight beautiful
horses, decked with plumes of feathers and a golden harness; and behind the
coach rode the prince's servant, faithful Heinrich, who had bewailed the
misfortunes of his dear master during his enchantment so long and so bitterly,
that his heart had well-nigh burst.
They then took leave of the king, and got into the coach with eight horses, and
all set out, full of joy and merriment, for the prince's kingdom, which they
reached safely; and there they lived happily a great many years.
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