`` Now you are angry with me , my poor Hyacinth , '' said the Fairy , `` and I assure you that I did n't mean to vex you ; on the contrary , I wished to do you a service . However , though I really can not help your nose being a shock to me , I will try not to say anything about it . I will even try to think that you have an ordinary nose . To tell the truth , it would make three reasonable ones . '' The Prince , who was no longer hungry , grew so impatient at the Fairy 's continual remarks about his nose that at last he threw himself upon his horse and rode hastily away . But wherever he came in his journeyings he thought the people were mad , for they all talked of his nose , and yet he could not bring himself to admit that it was too long , he had been so used all his life to hear it called handsome . The old Fairy , who wished to make him happy , at last hit upon a plan . She shut the Dear Little Princess up in a palace of crystal , and put this palace down where the Prince would not fail to find it . His joy at seeing the Princess again was extreme , and he set to work with all his might to try to break her prison ; but in spite of all his efforts he failed utterly . In despair he thought at least that he would try to get near enough to speak to the Dear Little Princess , who , on her part , stretched out her hand that he might kiss it ; but turn which way he might , he never could raise it to his lips , for his long nose always prevented it . For the first time he realized how long it really was , and exclaimed : `` Well , it must be admitted that my nose is too long ! '' In an instant the crystal prison flew into a thousand splinters , and the old Fairy , taking the Dear Little Princess by the hand , said to the Prince : `` Now , say if you are not very much obliged to me . Much good it was for me to talk to you about your nose ! You would never have found out how extraordinary it was if it had n't hindered you from doing what you wanted to . You see how self-love keeps us from knowing our own defects of mind and body . Our reason tries in vain to show them to us ; we refuse to see them till we find them in the way of our interests . '' Prince Hyacinth , whose nose was now just like anyone 's else , did not fail to profit by the lesson he had received . He married the Dear Little Princess , and they lived happily ever after . -LRB- 1 -RRB- -LRB- 1 -RRB- Le Prince Desir et la Princesse Mignonne . Par Madame Leprince de Beaumont .
EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON Once upon a time there was a poor husbandman who had many children and little to give them in the XXXXX either of food or clothing .
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