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Happy, indeed, were the long bright days, which the prince and his new bride spent together, whether in the castle, or out doors, riding on horseback, or in hunting the deer. HAPPY INDEED WERE THE LONG BRIGHT DAYS WITH WHICH THE PRINCE AND HIS NEW BRIDE SPENT TOGETHER WHETHER IN THE CASTLE OR OUT DOORS RIDING ON HORSEBACK OR IN HUNTING THE DEER
hen she vanished. Again, on the third day, the prince rode out to the appointed place, and again the vision of beauty was there. He rode up to her and begged her to come and live with him at his palace. "I will come and be your wedded wife on three conditions: You must put away the wife you now have; you must permit me to leave you, one night in every seven, without following after or spying upon me; and you must not ask me where I go or what I do. Swear to me that you will do these three things. Then, if you keep your promises unbroken, my beauty shall never change, no, not until the tall vegetable flag-reeds wave and the long green rushes grow in your hall." The Prince of Powys was quite ready to swear this oath and he solemnly promised to observe the three conditions. So the Maid of the Green Forest went to live with him. "But what of his old wife?" one asks. Ah! he had no trouble from that quarter, for when the newly-wedded couple arrived at the castle, she had already disappeared. T WAS ONLY FOR A MOMENT AND THEN SHE VANISHED AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY THE PRINCE RODE OUT TO THE APPOINTED PLACE AND AGAIN THE VISION OF BEAUTY WAS THERE HE RODE UP TO HER AND BEGGED HER TO COME LIVE WITH HIM AT HIS PALACE I'LL COME AND BE YOUR WEDDED WIFE ON THREE CONDITIONS YOU MUST PUT AWAY THE WIFE YOU HAVE NOW YOU MUST PERMIT ME TO LEAVE YOU ONE NIGHT EVERY SEVEN WITHOUT FOLLOWING AFTER OR SPYING UPON ME AND YOU MUST NOT ASK ME WHERE I GO OR WHAT I DO SWEAR TO ME THAT YOU WILL DO THESE THREE THINGS THEN IF YOU KEEP YOUR PROMISES UNBROKEN MY BEAUTY SHALL NEVER CHANGE NO NOT UNTIL THE TALL VEGETABLE FLAG REEDS WAVE AND THE LONG GREEN RUSHES GROW IN YOUR HALL THE PRINCE OF THE PALACE WAS QUITE READY TO SWEAR THIS OATH AND HE SOLEMNLY PROMISED TO DESERVE THE THREE CONDITIONS SO THAT THE MAID OF THE GREEN FOREST WENT TO LIVE WITH HIM BUT WHAT OF HIS OLD WIFE ONE ASKS AH HE HAD NO TROUBLE FROM THAT QUARTER FOR WHEN THE NEWLY WEDDED COUPLE ARRIVED AT THE CASTLE SHE HAD ALREADY DISAPPEARED
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