But if you wish to lose your long white beard , throw yourself at the fairy 's feet and implore her to forgive you . She has a tender heart , and will , perhaps , take pity on you . ' Renzolla , who was really sorry for her conduct , took the old man 's advice , and the fairy not only gave her back her former face , but she dressed her in a gold embroidered dress , presented her with a beautiful carriage , and brought her back , accompanied by a host of servants , to her husband . When the king saw her looking as beautiful as ever , he fell in love with her once more , and bitterly repented having caused her so much suffering . So Renzolla lived happily ever afterwards , for she loved her husband , honoured the fairy , and was grateful to the old man for having told her the truth . -LSB- From the Italian , Kletke . -RSB- WHAT CAME OF PICKING FLOWERS There was once a woman who had three daughters whom she loved very much . One day the eldest was walking in a water-meadow , when she saw a pink growing in the stream . She stooped to pick the flower , but her hand had scarcely touched it , when she vanished altogether . The next morning the second sister went out into the meadow , to see if she could find any traces of the lost girl , and as a branch of lovely roses lay trailing across her path , she bent down to move it away , and in so doing , could not resist plucking one of the roses . In a moment she too had disappeared . Wondering what could have become of her two sisters , the youngest followed in their footsteps , and fell a victim to a branch of delicious white jessamine . So the old woman was left without any daughters at all . She wept , and wept , and wept , all day and all night , and went on weeping so long , that her son , who had been a little boy when his sisters disappeared , grew up to be a tall youth . Then one night he asked his mother to tell him what was the matter . When he had heard the whole story , he said , ` Give me your blessing , mother , and I will go and search the world till I find them . ' So he set forth , and after he had travelled several miles without any adventures , he came upon three big boys fighting in the road . He stopped and inquired what they were fighting about , and one of them answered : ` My lord ! our father left to us , when he died , a pair of boots , a key , and a cap . Whoever puts on the boots and wishes himself in any place , will find himself there .
The key will open every door in the world , and XXXXX the cap on your head no one can see you .
From OF So after as at for into with without