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In despair he cried: 'Oh, Fairy Douceline, have you abandoned me after so many promises of friendship? Help, help us now! Immediately a soft voice said in his ear: 'Be firm, happen what may, and seek the Golden Branch. Thus encouraged, the Prince persevered in his refusal, and at length the old Fairy in a fury cried: 'Get out of my sight, obstinate Prince. Become a Cricket!
At this moment Florimond and the Fairy Douceline appeared in great splendour, and the Fairy, as she descended from her chariot, said with a smile: 'So you two have found one another again, I see, but I have still a surprise left for you. Don't hesitate, Princess, to tell your devoted shepherd how dearly you love him, as he is the very Prince your father sent you to marry.
Fly from the tower, Prince, and remember that the Fairy Douceline will be your friend always. When she had finished speaking, the Prince, to his great astonishment, found himself no longer in the tower, but set down in a thick forest at least a hundred leagues away from it. And there we must leave him for the present, and see what was happening elsewhere.
'Really, said the Fairy Douceline, 'on this happy occasion I cannot find it in my heart to refuse you anything. And she gave three strokes of her wand upon the Golden Branch, and immediately all the prisoners in the Enchanter's castle found themselves free, and came with all speed to the wonderful garden, where one touch of the Golden Branch restored each one to his natural form, and they greeted one another with many rejoicings.
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