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Updated: June 22, 2025
She found the turkey-maiden sitting upon a big stone, barefooted, and miserably dressed in an old, coarse linen gown and cap; the ground at her feet was all strewn with robes of gold and silver, ribbons and laces, diamonds and pearls, over which the turkeys were stalking to and fro, while the King's ugly, disagreeable son stood opposite her, declaring angrily that if she would not marry him she should be killed.
The Prince replied: 'It is all because our Turkey-maiden will not love me! 'Won't love you? eh! said the King. 'We'll very soon see about that! So he called his guards and told them to go and fetch Delicia. 'See if I don't make her change her mind pretty soon! said the wicked King with a chuckle.
The Turkey-maiden answered proudly: 'I never will marry you I you are too ugly and too much like your cruel father. Leave me in peace with my turkeys, which I like far better than all your fine gifts.
'There, there, don't be melancholy, said the Fairy. 'I assure you the Princess is quite well, and I have never seen her equal for beauty. She might be a Queen to-morrow if she chose; 'and then she told all that had happened, and the Queen first rejoiced over the thought of Delicia's beauty, and then wept at the idea of her being a Turkey-maiden.
The young Turkey-maiden turned her gentle eyes upon the old woman, and answered: 'Yet they wish me to leave them to become a miserable Queen! what is your advice upon the matter? 'My child, said the Fairy, 'a crown is a very pretty thing, but you know neither the price nor the weight of it.
The Queen felt quite curious about a little turkey-maiden who did not wish to be a Queen, so the little mouse conveyed herself to the poultry-yard to find out what she was like.
I accepted gladly, not knowing that I should have to see him day by day. And now he wants to marry me, but that I will never consent to. Upon hearing this the Fairy became convinced that the little Turkey-maiden was none other than the Princess Delicia. 'What is your name, my little one? said she. 'I am called Delicia, if it please you, she answered.
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