--- title: The Grateful Prince, part 2 — The Violet Fairy Book · full text with trees · page 2 description: The Grateful Prince, part 2, «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: He was just going to open his door, when the maiden glided softly past and whispered in his ear: ‘What task has he set you?’ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/page/2/) [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 Violet Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/) / The Grateful Prince, part 2 # The Grateful Prince, part 2 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/101/) — I know you have long loved each other, and I wish to make you man and wife.’ - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/102/) — The young man nearly jumped into the air for joy, but, remembering the rules of the house, he managed to keep still. - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/103/) — When he told the maiden, he saw to his astonishment that she had become as white as a sheet, and she was quite dumb. - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/104/) — ‘The old man has found out who was your counsellor,’ she said when she could speak, ‘and he means to destroy us both.’ - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/105/) — We must escape somehow, or else we shall be lost. - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/106/) — Take an axe, and cut off the head of the calf with one blow. - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/107/) — With a second, split its head in two, and in its brain you will see a bright red ball. - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/108/) — Bring that to me. - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/109/) — Meanwhile, I will do what is needful here. - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/110/) — And the prince thought to himself, ‘Better kill the calf than be killed ourselves. - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/111/) — If we can once escape, we will go back home. - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/112/) — The peas which I strewed about must have sprouted, so that we shall not miss the way.’ - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/113/) — Then he went into the stall, and with one blow of the axe killed the calf, and with the second split its brain. - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/114/) — In an instant the place was filled with light, as the red ball fell from the brain of the calf. - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/115/) — The prince picked it up, and, wrapping it round with a thick cloth, hid it in his bosom. - [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/116/) — Mercifully, the cow slept through it all, or by her cries she would have awakened the master. - [117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/117/) — He looked round, and at the door stood the maiden, holding a little bundle in her arms. - [118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/118/) — ‘Where is the ball?’ she asked. - [119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/119/) — ‘Here,’ answered he. - [120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/120/) — ‘We must lose no time in escaping,’ she went on, and uncovered a tiny bit of the shining ball, to light them on their way. - [121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/121/) — As the prince had expected the peas had taken root, and grown into a little hedge, so that they were sure they would not lose the path. — checked by a teacher - [122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/122/) — As they fled, the girl told him that she had overheard a conversation between the old man and his grandmother, saying that she was a king’s daughter, whom the old fellow had obtained by cunning from her parents. - [123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/123/) — The prince, who knew all about the affair, was silent, though he was glad from his heart that it had fallen to his lot to set her free. - [124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/124/) — So they went on till the day began to dawn. - [125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/125/) — The old man slept very late that morning, and rubbed his eyes till he was properly awake. - [126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/126/) — Then he remembered that very soon the couple were to present themselves before him. - [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/127/) — After waiting and waiting till quite a long time had passed, he said to himself, with a grin, ‘Well, they are not in much hurry to be married,’ and waited again. - [128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/128/) — At last he grew a little uneasy, and cried loudly, ‘Man and maid! what has become of you?’ - [129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/129/) — After repeating this many times, he became quite frightened, but, call as he would, neither man nor maid appeared. - [130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/130/) — At last he jumped angrily out of bed to go in search of the culprits, but only found an empty house, and beds that had never been slept in. 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