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Updated: May 27, 2025
"I shall give the dwarfs orders at once, and by this time to-morrow the balls will be wound, and our wedding can take place in the evening." "And will you leave me to myself until then?" "I will," said Trencoss. "On your honor as a giant?" said Eileen. "On my honor as a giant," replied Trencoss.
"Ask anything you like, little princess," said Trencoss. "Well, then," said Eileen, "before I marry you, you must make your dwarfs wind three balls as big as these from the fairy dew that lies on the bushes on a misty morning in summer." "Is that all?" said Trencoss, laughing.
Trencoss had made war on the King of the Torrents, and, having killed the king, and slain his people, and burned his palace, he carried off his only daughter, the Princess Eileen, to the castle in the valley.
"Shall I ever see you again?" asked the princess. "Time will tell," answered the cat, and, without saying so much as good-bye, he jumped through the window on to the tree, and in a second was out of sight. The morrow afternoon came, and the giant Trencoss returned from battle.
"Crying will only spoil your bright eyes, my little princess," said Trencoss, "and you will have to marry me whether you like it or no." He then bade her go back to her room, and he ordered the dwarfs to give her everything she asked for while he was away, and the harpers to play the sweetest music for her. When the princess gained her room she cried as if her heart would break.
"Shall I ever see you again?" asked the princess. "Time will tell," answered the cat, and, without saying so much as good-by, he jumped through the window on to the tree, and in a second was out of sight. The morrow afternoon came, and the giant Trencoss returned from battle.
Trencoss had made war on the King of the Torrents, and, having killed the king, and slain his people, and burned his palace, he carried off his only daughter, the Princess Eileen, to the castle in the valley.
"Crying will only spoil your bright eyes, my little princess," said Trencoss, "and you will have to marry me whether you like it or no." He then bade her go back to her room, and he ordered the dwarfs to give her everything she asked for while he was away, and the harpers to play the sweetest music for her. When the princess gained her room she cried as if her heart would break.
"I have to go away to my palace on the island on which no man ever placed his foot, and where no man but one shall ever come." "And where is that island?" asked the princess, "and who is the man?" "The island is in the far-off seas where vessel never sailed; the man you will see before many days are over; and if all goes well, he will one day slay the giant Trencoss, and free you from his power."
"I would give my life a thousand times over for her," said the prince. "For whom?" said the cat, with a wink. "I named no name, your highness," said he. "You know very well who she is," said the prince, "if you knew what I was thinking of; but do you know where she is?" "She is in danger," said the cat. "She is in the castle of the giant Trencoss, in the valley beyond the mountains."
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