“I promised your father,” said she sternly, “to give you good
advice, and to punish you if you refused to follow it. You
have despised my counsel, and have gone your own evil way until you
are only outwardly a man; really you are a monster— the horror of
everyone who knows you. It is time that I should fulfil my
promise, and begin your punishment. I condemn you to resemble
the animals whose ways you have imitated. You have made
yourself like the lion by your anger, and like the wolf by your
greediness. Like a snake, you have ungratefully turned upon
one who was a second father to you; your churlishness has made you
like a bull. Therefore, in your new form, take the appearance
of all these animals.”
The Fairy had scarcely finished speaking when Prince Darling saw
to his h
