But the only answer the prince made was to give the bear a kick , and to drive it out of the room . -LSB- Illustration : The Prince Kicks The Bear Out Of The Room -RSB- In the evening the prince set off for the ball . As soon as he had started , the bear came to the queen and implored to be allowed to go to the ball , saying that she would hide herself so well that no one would know she was there . The kind-hearted queen could not refuse her . Then the bear ran to her barrow , threw off her bear 's skin , and touched it with the magic wand that the witch had given her . In a moment the skin was changed into an exquisite ball dress woven out of moon-beams , and the wheel-barrow was changed into a carriage drawn by two prancing steeds . Stepping into the carriage the princess drove to the grand entrance of the palace . When she entered the ball-room , in her wondrous dress of moon-beams , she looked so lovely , so different from all the other guests , that everyone wondered who she was , and no one could tell where she had come from . From the moment he saw her , the prince fell desperately in love with her , and all the evening he would dance with no one else but the beautiful stranger . When the ball was over , the princess drove away in her carriage at full speed , for she wished to get home in time to change her ball dress into the bear 's skin , and the carriage into the wheel-barrow , before anyone discovered who she was . The prince , putting spurs into his horse , rode after her , for he was determined not to let her out of his sight . But suddenly a thick mist arose and hid her from him . When he reached his home he could talk to his mother of nothing else but the beautiful stranger with whom he had danced so often , and with whom he was so much in love . And the bear beneath the table smiled to itself , and muttered : ' I am the beautiful stranger ; oh , how I have taken you in ! ' The next evening there was a second ball , and , as you may believe , the prince was determined not to miss it , for he thought he would once more see the lovely girl , and dance with her and talk to her , and make her talk to him , for at the first ball she had never opened her lips . And , sure enough , as the music struck up the first dance , the beautiful stranger entered the room , looking even more radiant than the night before , for this time her dress was woven out of the rays of the sun . All evening the prince danced with her , but she never spoke a word . When the ball was over he tried once more to follow her carriage , that he might know whence she came , but suddenly a great waterspout fell from the sky , and the blinding sheets of rain hid her from his sight . When he reached his home he told his mother that he had again seen the lovely girl , and that this time she had been even more beautiful than the night before . And again the bear smiled beneath the table , and muttered : ' I have taken him in a second time , and he has no idea that I am the beautiful girl with whom he is so much in love . '
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