As soon as the witch saw them , she touched them with her magic wand , and in a moment the barrow began to move about in all directions . The princess next put on the bear 's skin , which so completely changed her appearance , that no one could have known that she was a girl and not a bear . In this strange attire she seated herself on the barrow , and in a few minutes she found herself far away from the palace , and moving rapidly through a great forest . Here she stopped the barrow with a sign that the witch had shown her , and hid herself and it in a thick grove of flowering shrubs . Now it happened that the prince of that country was hunting with his dogs in the forest . Suddenly he caught sight of the bear hiding among the shrubs , and calling his dogs , hounded them on to attack it . But the girl , seeing what peril she was in , cried , ` Call off your dogs , or they will kill me . What harm have I ever done to you ? ' At these words , coming from a bear , the prince was so startled that for a moment he stood stock-still , then he said quite gently , ` Will you come with me ? I will take you to my home . ' ' I will come gladly , ' replied the bear ; and seating herself on the barrow it at once began to move in the direction of the prince 's palace . You may imagine the surprise of the prince 's mother when she saw her son return accompanied by a bear , who at once set about doing the house-work better than any servant that the queen had ever seen . Now it happened that there were great festivities going on in the palace of a neighbouring prince , and at dinner , one day , the prince said to his mother : ` This evening there is to be a great ball , to which I must go . ' And his mother answered , ` Go and dance , and enjoy yourself . ' Suddenly a voice came from under the table , where the bear had rolled itself , as was its wont : ` Let me come to the ball ; I , too , would like to dance . ' 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 .
XXXXX 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 .
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