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unhappy King。
〃Alas!〃 cried the Princess; 〃must you die? Could
anything be more terrible?〃
〃That you should marry that little wretch would be far
more terrible;〃 answered the King。
〃At least;〃 continued she; 〃let us die together。〃
〃Let me have the satisfaction of dying for you; my
Princess;〃 said he。
〃Oh; no; no!〃 she cried; turning to the Dwarf; 〃rather
than that I will do as you wish。〃
〃Cruel Princess!〃 said the King; 〃would you make my
life horrible to me by marrying another before my eyes?〃
〃Not so;〃 replied the Yellow Dwarf; 〃you are a rival
of whom I am too much afraid; you shall not see our
marriage。〃 So saying; in spite of Bellissima's tears and
cries; he stabbed the King to the heart with the diamond
sword。
The poor Princess; seeing her lover lying dead at her
feet; could no longer live without him; she sank down by
him and died of a broken heart。
So ended these unfortunate lovers; whom not even the
Mermaid could help; because all the magic power had
been lost with the diamond sword。
As to the wicked Dwarf; he preferred to see the
Princess dead rather than married to the King of the Gold
Mines; and the Fairy of the Desert; when she heard of the
King's adventures; pulled down the grand monument
which she had built; and was so angry at the trick that
had been played her that she hated him as much as she
had loved him before。
The kind Mermaid; grieved at the sad fate of the lovers;
caused them to be changed into two tall palm trees; which
stand always side by side; whispering together of their
faithful love and caressing one another with their
interlacing branches。'1'
'1' Madame d'Aulnoy。