I had sent the little girl-fish on such an arduous adventure to reclaim my crown that I began to doubt she would ever return. My ladies had started to become restless. “I am tired of staying here,” said one fish. Her colors changed with every anxious twist...
I gave my ring to the prince who released me from the robbers’ den. I had been underground for twenty years! He promised to come to Arabia to marry me. He said he would arrive within a year, unless he had died. At the end of the year, when he hadn’t come,...
I have been used to preserve the Old Fairy’s remaining eye and tooth—ugh! Such foul work! Why have I been turned to such a purpose when the Old Fairy does nothing with her powers but torment the innocent? Now I am only too happy to break free from the crystal...
