At the end of that time I was so fortunate as to meet a benevolent fairy who delivered me from the proud queen 's power , and told me all your adventures and where to find you . I now come to offer you a heart which has been entirely yours , Madam , since first we met in the desert . ' A few days later a herald was sent through the kingdom to proclaim the joyful news of the marriage of the Queen of the Flowery Isles with the young prince . They lived happily for many years , and ruled their people well . As for the bad queen , whose vanity and jealousy had caused so much mischief , the Fairies took all her power away for a punishment . -LSB- ` Cabinet des Fées . ' -RSB- UDEA AND HER SEVEN BROTHERS Once upon a time there was a man and his wife who had seven boys . The children lived in the open air and grew big and strong , and the six eldest spent part of every day hunting wild beasts . The youngest did not care so much about sport , and he often stayed with his mother . One morning , however , as the whole seven were going out for a long expedition , they said to their aunt , ` Dear aunt , if a baby sister comes into the world to-day , wave a white handkerchief , and we will return immediately ; but if it is only a boy , just brandish a sickle , and we will go on with what we are doing . ' Now the baby when it arrived really proved to be a girl , but as the aunt could not bear the boys , she thought it was a good opportunity to get rid of them . So she waved the sickle . And when the seven brothers saw the sign they said , ` Now we have nothing to go back for , ' and plunged deeper into the desert . The little girl soon grew to be a big girl , and she was called by all her friends -LRB- though she did not know it -RRB- ` Udea , who had driven her seven brothers into strange lands . ' One day , when she had been quarrelling with her playmates , the oldest among them said to her , ` It is a pity you were born , as ever since , your brothers have been obliged to roam about the world . ' Udea did not answer , but went home to her mother and asked her , ` Have I really got brothers ? ' ` Yes , ' replied her mother , ` seven of them . But they went away the day you were born , and I have never heard of them since . ' Then the girl said , ' I will go and look for them till I find them . ' ` My dear child , ' answered her mother , ` it is fifteen years since they left , and no man has seen them .
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