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BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
PROVO, UTAH
THE LAME PRINCESS
A FAIRY STORY.
that money could buy or love could invent that was not hers for the asking, suddenly commenced to howl in the most terrifying way. Then, all of a
except one thing. The princess was lame, and no doctor in the kingdom sudden, she seized the Princess and held her high over the kettle in the
could make her able to walk or run like other children. The best she — —
steam, and then dropped her splash in the midst of everything. But
could do was to run a few steps, then limp a few steps, then run on again. to Alice's surprise, she found that it was not hot a bit. She went down,
It is thus we find her playing in the garden one lovely summer day. and down, and down, until suddenly she felt that she had arrived in a
stream of cold water. She opened her eyes, and found herself sitting in a
No. 2. The Royal Review. brook that welled and bubbled around her. It was broad daylight.
She had not been playing very long before the Lord High Chancellor
came out to inform her that her father, His Majesty the King, commanded No. 8. The Happy Princess.
her attendance in the Throne Room. She went at once and washed her As soon as she had scrambled out of the water, she was conscious of
face and hands (for she was a clean little princess), and soon found her-
an entirely new sensation. "Why," she said to herself, "I feel as light
self in the presence of the King and Queen, and a throng of courtiers.
as a feather. " And straightway she began to dance as she had never
"Daughter," said the King, "this is a most important occasion. It is danced in her life before. All her lameness had vanished.
for the good of the realm and the maintenance of the state that you
should marry. We have therefore sought out a Prince who is worthy of
the honor of being your husband. Behold!" And as the King said this No. 9. The Horns of Elfland.
the trumpets blared forth and a most noble Prince stepped forward and Very soon, however, the Princess grew tired,and lay down to sleep
took the Princess by the hand. He led her proudly to the window where amid the flowers that sprinkled the green grass at her feet. The murmur
they beheld the troops marching past in review. of the stream mingled with her dreams, and it seemed to her also that she
heard the faint echo of the horns of Elfland.
No. 3. The Court Ball.
That night there was feasting and dancing, and it was agreed that No. 10. Disappointment.
the Prince was the most noble youth in the room. Owing to her lameness,
When she woke up, there was another surprise in store for her. She
however, poor Princess Alice was unable to take part in the dancing, and
found herself back boat exactly where she had started from. The
in the
of course the Prince couldn't dance unless she did. Every now and then
moon was still shining on the placid river. As she came to herself, Prin-
she saw his eyes glisten as if he too wanted to join the gay throng, and
cess Alice realized that her adventures were nothing but a dream. She
she could have wept for very shame. At last, when he wasn't looking,
had been sleeping in the moonlight. As soon as she realized this, she
she slipped away from him, determined to get away and cry for a little
guessed right away that the magic stream was part of the dream also, so
while. As she made her way out the band struck up a merry dance.
that she was not cured of her lameness after all. Poor Princess Alice be-
gan to cry now in real earnest.
No. 4. On the River.
But instead of going up to her room to cry, Princess Alice wandered
out to the moonlit terrace. The night was soft and cool, and the moon
No. 11. A Scamper by Moonlight.
shone clear in the starry sky. The little girl thought she had never seen After a while, Princess Alice remembered that it is not at all
little
such a wonderful night. She wandered down to where the river slid by behaving a royal lady to cry over things one cannot help, so she dried
like
like molten silver, and there she found a boat nosing into a clump of reeds. her eyes, and got out of the boat to go back to the palace. As soon as
Almost without thinking she jumped aboard and went sailing down the her foot touched the shore, however, she realized that it was not a dream
river in the magic shallop with never a regret for the Prince or the after all. Oh joy! She was able to run and to dance like any other girl!
people at the castle she had just left. That part of her dream had really come true. Almost wild with joy she
ran back to the castle as fast as she could go.
No. 5. The Witch's Greeting.
Very soon the boat ran aground, and the Princess found herself in No. 12. Happy Ever After.
front of a cottage that seemed to be made of gingerbread. On the door- They had missed her at the castle, and search parties were about to
step was an old lady, nodding her head and talking very rapidly to her- go into the woods to look for her, fearing that she had been kidnapped.
self. As soon as she saw the Princess, however, she called out, " Come in, The King, her father, was distracted, and what with trying to revive the
come in, I've been expecting you for an hour." And the Princess felt Queen with smelling-salts and to give the necessary orders, he was quite
quite frightened as she knew she must be dealing with a witch-person. beside himself. The Lord High Chancellor was in hysterics. The only
But she was also very curious to go inside the gingerbread house, and since person who seemed to be able to take command of things was the Prince.
she was a king's daughter, thought it beneath her dignity to seem afraid. He was very pale, but very determined looking, and seemed to know just
what to do. Suddenly, however, there was a great shout, and the Prin-
No. 6. Fairy Bells. cess came running into the courtyard which was all lit up with torches.
As the Princess entered the house of gingerbread, she found that her Explanations soon followed, and when it was found that the Princess was
beautiful ball-dress had vanished, and she was dressed in rags. She had cured of her lameness the general happiness knew no bounds. The dance
a curious feeling that she would never see all her friends again and she was resumed with ten times its former jollity, and there was no happier
felt quite sad. She seemed to hear a sound of fairy bells. couple in the world than the Prince and Princess.
Twelve Melodic Studies
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