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 on them . There was one river , but it never flowed and no fish lived in it . No flowers blossomed , and no birds sang . Three times during the day food appeared , as if by magic , for the prince and his servants . And it was not until supper was ended that the wizard appeared , as on the previous evening , and delivered the princess into the care of the prince . All four determined that this time they would keep awake at any cost . But it was no use . Off they went as they had done before , and when the prince awoke the next morning the room was again empty .
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