--- title: _thomas Bodkin_, part 2 — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · full text with trees description: _thomas Bodkin_, part 2, «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Being come to the closet door, she made a stop for some time, thinking upon her husband's orders, and considering what unhappiness --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/) / \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2 # \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2 \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2 of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault: the whole text, 106 sentences and 2568 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/page/2/) - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/1/) — Being come to the closet door, she made a stop for some time, thinking upon her husband's orders, and considering what unhappiness might attend her if she was disobedient; but the temptation was so strong she could not overcome it. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/2/) — She took then the little key, and opened it trembling; but could not at first see any thing plainly, because the windows were shut. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/3/) — After some moments she began to perceive that the floor was all covered over with clotted blood, in which were reflected the bodies of several dead women ranged against the walls: these were all the wives whom Blue Beard had married and murdered one after another. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/4/) — She was like to have died for fear, and the key, which she pulled out of the lock, fell out of her hand. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/5/) — \* \* \* \* \* - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/6/) — After having somewhat recovered her senses, she took up the key, locked the door, and went up stairs into her chamber to recover herself; but she could not, so much was she frightened. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/7/) — Having observed that the key of the closet was stained with blood, she tried two or three times to wipe it off, but the blood would not come off; in vain did she wash it, and even rub it with soap and sand, the blood still remained, for the key was a Fairy, and she could never make it quite clean; when the blood was gone off from one side, it came again on the other. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/8/) — Blue Beard returned from his journey the same evening, and said, he had received letters upon the road, informing him that the affair he went about was ended to his advantage. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/9/) — His wife did all she could to convince him she was extremely glad of his speedy return. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/10/) — Next morning he asked her for the keys, which she gave him, but with such a trembling hand, that he easily guessed what had happened. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/11/) — "What," said he, "is not the key of my closet among the rest?" - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/12/) — "I must certainly," answered she, "have left it above upon the table." - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/13/) — "Fail not," said Blue Beard, "to bring it me presently." - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/14/) — After putting him off several times, she was forced to bring him the key. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/15/) — Blue Beard, having very attentively considered it, said to his wife: - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/16/) — "How comes this blood upon the key?" - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/17/) — "I do not know," cried the poor woman, paler than death. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/18/) — "You do not know," replied Blue Beard; "I very well know, you were resolved to go into the closet, were you not? - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/19/) — Mighty well, Madam; you shall go in, and take your place among the ladies you saw there." - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/20/) — Upon this she threw herself at her husband's feet, and begged his pardon with all the signs of a true repentance for her disobedience. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/21/) — She would have melted a rock, so beautiful and sorrowful was she; but Blue Beard had a heart harder than any rock. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/22/) — "You must die, Madam," said he, "and that presently." - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/23/) — "Since I must die," answered she, looking upon him with her eyes all bathed in tears, "give me some little time to say my prayers." - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/24/) — "I give you," replied Blue Beard, "half a quarter of an hour, but not one moment more." - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/25/) — \* \* \* \* \* - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/26/) — When she was alone, she called out to her sister, and said to her: - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/27/) — "Sister Anne" (for that was her name), "go up I beg you, upon the top of the tower, and look if my brothers are not coming; they promised me that they would come to-day, and if you see them, give them a sign to make haste." - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/28/) — Her sister Anne went up upon the top of the tower, and the poor afflicted wife cried out from time to time, "Anne, sister Anne, do you see any one coming?" - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/29/) — And sister Anne said: - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/30/) — "I see nothing but the sun, which makes a dust, and the grass growing green." - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/31/) — In the mean while Blue Beard, holding a great scimitar in his hand, cried out as loud as he could bawl to his wife: - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/32/) — "Come down instantly, or I shall come up to you." - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/33/) — "One moment longer, if you please," said his wife, and then she cried out very softly: - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/34/) — "Anne, sister Anne, dost thou see any body coming?" - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/35/) — And sister Anne answered: - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/36/) — "I see nothing but the sun, which makes a dust, and the grass growing green." - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/37/) — "Come down quickly," cried Blue Beard, "or I will come up to you." - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/38/) — "I am coming," answered his wife; and then she cried: - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/39/) — "Anne, sister Anne, dost thou see any one coming?" - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/40/) — "I see," replied sister Anne, "a great dust that comes this way." - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/41/) — "Are they my brothers?" - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/42/) — "Alas! no, my dear sister, I see a flock of sheep." - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/43/) — "Will you not come down?" cried Blue Beard. - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/44/) — "One moment longer," said his wife, and then she cried out: - [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/45/) — "Anne, sister Anne, dost thou see nobody coming?" - [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/46/) — "I see," said she, "two horsemen coming, but they are yet a great way off." - [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/47/) — "God be praised," she cried presently, "they are my brothers; I am beckoning to them, as well as I can, for them to make haste." - [48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/48/) — Then Blue Beard bawled out so loud, that he made the whole house tremble. - [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/49/) — The distressed wife came down, and threw herself at his feet, all in tears, with her hair about her shoulders. - [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/50/) — "Nought will avail," said Blue Beard, "you must die"; then, taking hold of her hair with one hand, and lifting up his scimitar with the other, he was going to take off her head. - [51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/51/) — The poor lady turning about to him, and looking at him with dying eyes, desired him to afford her one little moment to recollect herself. - [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/52/) — "No, no," said he, "recommend thyself to God," and was just ready to strike. - [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/53/) — At this very instant there was such a loud knocking at the gate, that Blue Beard made a sudden stop. - [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/54/) — The gate was opened, and presently entered two horsemen, who drawing their swords, ran directly to Blue Beard. - [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/55/) — He knew them to be his wife's brothers, one a dragoon, the other a musqueteer; so that he ran away immediately to save himself; but the two brothers pursued so close, that they overtook him before he could get to the steps of the porch, when they ran their swords thro' his body and left him dead. - [56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/56/) — The poor wife was almost as dead as her husband, and had not strength enough to rise and welcome her brothers. - [57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/57/) — Blue Beard had no heirs, and so his wife became mistress of all his estate. - [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/58/) — She made use of one part of it to marry her sister Anne to a young gentleman who had loved her a long while; another part to buy captains' commissions for her brothers; and the rest to marry herself to a very worthy gentleman, who made her forget the ill time she had passed with Blue Beard. - [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/59/) — \_The Moral\_ - [60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/60/) — \_O curiosity, thou mortal bane! - [61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/61/) — Spite of thy charms, thou causest often pain And sore regret, of which we daily find A thousand instances attend mankind: For thou--O may it not displease the fair-- A fleeting pleasure art, but lasting care. - [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/62/) — And always proves, alas! too dear the prize, Which, in the moment of possession, dies. - [63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/63/) — \_ - [64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/64/) — \_Another\_ - [65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/65/) — \_A very little share of common sense, And knowledge of the world, will soon evince That this a story is of time long pass'd; No husbands now such panic terrors cast; Nor weakly, with a vain despotic hand, Imperious, what's impossible, command: And be they discontented, or the fire Of wicked jealousy their hearts inspire, They softly sing; and of whatever hue Their beards may chance to be, or black, or blue, Grizeld, or russet, it is hard to say Which of the two, the man or wife, bears sway. - [66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/66/) — \_ - [67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/67/) — \_The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood\_ - [68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/68/) — BEHIND THE HANGINGS" (\_page 50\_)\] - [69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/69/) — The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood - [70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/70/) — There were formerly a King and a Queen, who were so sorry that they had no children, so sorry that it cannot be expressed. - [71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/71/) — They went to all the waters in the world; vows, pilgrimages, all ways were tried and all to no purpose. - [72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/72/) — At last, however, the Queen proved with child, and was brought to bed of a daughter. - [73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/73/) — There was a very fine christening; and the Princess had for her godmothers all the Fairies they could find in the whole kingdom (they found seven), that every one of them might give her a gift, as was the custom of Fairies in those days, and that by this means the Princess might have all the perfections imaginable. - [74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/74/) — After the ceremonies of the christening were over, all the company returned to the King's palace, where was prepared a great feast for the Fairies. - [75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/75/) — There was placed before every one of them a magnificent cover with a case of massive gold, wherein were a spoon, knife and fork, all of pure gold set with diamonds and rubies. - [76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/76/) — But as they were all sitting down at table, they saw come into the hall a very old Fairy whom they had not invited, because it was above fifty years since she had been out of a certain tower, and she was believed to be either dead or inchanted. - [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/77/) — The King ordered her a cover, but could not furnish her with a case of gold as the others, because they had seven only made for the seven Fairies. - [78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/78/) — The old Fairy fancied she was slighted, and muttered some threat between her teeth. - [79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/79/) — One of the young Fairies, who sat by her, overheard how she grumbled; and judging that she might give the little Princess some unlucky gift, went, as soon as they rose from the table, and hid herself behind the hangings, that she might speak last, and repair, as much as possible she could, the evil which the old Fairy might intend. - [80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/80/) — In the mean while all the Fairies began to give their gifts to the Princess. - [81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/81/) — The youngest gave her for gift, that she should be the most beautiful person in the world; the next, that she should have the wit of an angel; the third, that she should have a wonderful grace in every thing she did; the fourth, that she should dance perfectly well; the fifth, that she should sing like a nightingale; and the sixth, that she should play upon all kinds of music to the utmost perfection. - [82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/82/) — The old Fairy's turn coming next, with a head shaking more with spite than age, she said, that the Princess should have her hand pierced with a spindle, and die of the wound. - [83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/83/) — This terrible gift made the whole company tremble, and every body fell a-crying. - [84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/84/) — At this very instant the young Fairy came out from behind the hangings, and spake these words aloud: - [85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/85/) — "Be reassured, O King and Queen; your daughter shall not die of this disaster: it is true, I have no power to undo intirely what my elder has done. - [86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/86/) — The Princess shall indeed pierce her hand with a spindle; but instead of dying, she shall only fall into a profound sleep, which shall last a hundred years; at the expiration of which a king's son shall come and awake her." - [87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/87/) — The King, to avoid the misfortune foretold by the old Fairy, caused immediately proclamations to be made, whereby every-body was forbidden, on pain of death, to spin with a distaff and spindle or to have so much as any spindle in their houses. - [88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/88/) — About fifteen or sixteen years after, the King and Queen being gone to one of their houses of pleasure, the young Princess happened one day to divert herself running up and down the palace; when going up from one apartment to another, she came into a little room on the top of a tower, where a good old woman, alone, was spinning with her spindle. - [89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/89/) — This good woman had never heard of the King's proclamation against spindles. - [90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/90/) — "What are you doing there, Goody?" said the Princess. - [91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/91/) — "I am spinning, my pretty child," said the old woman, who did not know who she was. - [92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/92/) — "Ha!" said the Princess, "this is very pretty; how do you do it? - [93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/93/) — Give it to me, that I may see if I can do so." - [94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/94/) — She had no sooner taken the spindle into her hand, than, whether being very hasty at it, somewhat unhandy, or that the decree of the Fairy had so ordained it, it ran into her hand, and she fell down in a swoon. - [95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/95/) — The good old woman not knowing very well what to do in this affair, cried out for help. - [96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/96/) — People came in from every quarter in great numbers; they threw water upon the Princess's face, unlaced her, struck her on the palms of her hands, and rubbed her temples with Hungary-water; but nothing would bring her to herself. - [97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/97/) — And now the King, who came up at the noise, bethought himself of the prediction of the Fairies, and judging very well that this must necessarily come to pass, since the Fairies had said it, caused the Princess to be carried into the finest apartment in his palace, and to be laid upon a bed all embroidered with gold and silver. - [98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/98/) — One would have taken her for an angel, she was so very beautiful; for her swooning away had not diminished one bit of her complexion; her cheeks were carnation, and her lips like coral; indeed her eyes were shut, but she was heard to breathe softly, which satisfied those about her that she was not dead. - [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/99/) — The King commanded that they should not disturb her, but let her sleep quietly till her hour of awakening was come. - [100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/100/) — The good Fairy, who had saved her life by condemning her to sleep a hundred years, was in the kingdom of Matakin, twelve thousand leagues off, when this accident befell the Princess; but she was instantly informed of it by a little dwarf, who had boots of seven leagues, that is, boots with which he could tread over seven leagues of ground at one stride. **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/page/2/) - ← previous: [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/7/) - next →: [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/9/) - ↑ back to [The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/)