stroked the
trembling creature gently, and said: "The dogs shan't get you now, poor bunny!" Then the King took
the rabbit home, and saw that the best care was given it. That night, after
everyone else had gone to bed, the King sat alone thinking about Prince Darling. Suddenly a beautiful lady seemed to come into the room. She was dressed in pure white, and wore a wreath of white roses on her golden hair. "You don't recognize me, do you?" she asked in a lovely, clear voice. "I am the rabbit you rescued from
the dogs in the forest this afternoon. The
rabbit was really the Fairy Truth. I took the shape of a rabbit to see whether
you were really as good as everyone said. Now I know you are, and I shall always be your friend. Isn't there something you want, above everything else in the world, which I can give you to repay you for your goodness to me?" The King was amazed by the lovely Fairy and her wonderful offer.
He thought at once that if only he could win the
friendship of the Fairy Truth for Prince
Darling, all would be well. So he said: "Good Fairy, above all things I should like to know that you would
be my son's friend. Will you?" "Gladly. I will make him the richest or the handsomest or the most powerful Prince in the world.
Which shall it be?" the
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