In the morning , at the first peep of dawn , the prince awoke with a start . But the princess was gone . He aroused his servants and implored them to tell him what he must do . ` Calm yourself , my lord , ' said Quickeye . ' I have found her already . A hundred miles from here there is a forest . In the middle of the forest , an old oak , and on the top of the oak , an acorn . This acorn is the princess . If Long will take me on his shoulders , we shall soon bring her back . ' And sure enough , in less time than it takes to walk round the cottage , they had returned from the forest , and Long presented the acorn to the prince . ` Now , your excellency , throw it on the ground . ' The prince obeyed , and was enchanted to see the princess appear at his side . But when the sun peeped for the first time over the mountains , the door burst open as before , and the wizard entered with a loud laugh . Suddenly he caught sight of the princess ; his face darkened , he uttered a low growl , and one of the iron circlets gave way with a crash . He seized the young girl by the hand and bore her away with him . All that day the prince wandered about the castle , studying the curious treasures it contained , but everything looked as if life had suddenly come to a standstill . In one place he saw a prince who had been turned into stone in the act of brandishing a sword round which his two hands were clasped . In another , the same doom had fallen upon a knight in the act of running away . In a third , a serving man was standing eternally trying to convey a piece of beef to his mouth , and all around them were others , still preserving for evermore the attitudes they were in when the wizard had commanded ` From henceforth be turned into marble . ' In the castle , and round the castle , all was dismal and desolate .
Trees there were , but without leaves ; fields there were , but no grass grew XXXXX them .
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