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Updated: September 27, 2025
"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."
"Now," said the cat, "step into this boat and it will bear you to the palace on the island on which no man has ever placed his foot the island in the unknown seas that were never sailed by vessels made of human hands. In that palace there is a sword with a diamond hilt, and by that sword alone the giant Trencoss can be killed.
"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.
"Ah!" sighed the princess, "that can never be, for no weapon can wound the hundred hounds that guard the castle, and no sword can kill the giant Trencoss." "There is a sword that will kill him," said the cat; "but I must go now.
"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."
"Ah, but you don't know who I am. This is the palace of the Little White Cat, and I am the King of the Cats. But you must be hungry, and the feast is spread." Well, when the feast was ended, the king of the cats called for the sword that would kill the giant Trencoss, and the hundred cakes for the hundred watch-dogs. The cats brought the sword and the cakes and laid them before the king.
"Ah, but you don't know who I am. This is the palace of the Little White Cat, and I am the King of the Cats. But you must be hungry, and the feast is spread." Well, when the feast was ended, the King of the Cats called for the sword that would kill the giant Trencoss, and the hundred cakes for the hundred watch-dogs. The cats brought the sword and the cakes and laid them before the king.
"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 honour as a giant?" said Eileen. "On my honour as a giant," replied Trencoss.
"Now," said the cat, "step into this boat and it will bear you to the palace on the island on which no man has ever placed his foot the island in the unknown seas that were never sailed by vessels made of human hands. In that palace there is a sword with a diamond hilt, and by that sword alone the giant Trencoss can be killed.
"Ah!" sighed the princess, "that can never be, for no weapon can wound the hundred hounds that guard the castle, and no sword can kill the giant Trencoss." "There is a sword that will kill him," said the cat; "but I must go now.
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