because he was a great deal handsomer than his sister.

The Queen spoke several times to her son, to learn after what manner he
was passing his time, and told him that in this he ought in duty to
satisfy her. But he never dared to trust her with his secret; he feared
her, though he loved her, for she was of the race of the Ogres, and the
King married her for her vast riches alone. It was even whispered about
the Court that she had Ogreish inclinations, and that, whenever she saw
little children passing by, she had all the difficulty in the world to
prevent herself from falling upon them. And so the Prince would never
tell her one word.

But when the King was dead, which happened about two years afterward,
and he saw himself lord and master, he openly declared his marriage: and
he went in great state to conduct his Queen to the palace. They made a
magnificent entry into the capital city, she riding between her two
children.

Soon after, the King made war on Emperor Cantalabutte, his neighbor. He
left the government of the kingdom to the Queen, his mother, and
earnestly commended his wife and children to her care. He was obliged to
carry on the war all the summer, and as soon as he left, the
Queen-mother sent her daughter-in-law and her children to a country
house among the woods, that she might with the more ease gratify her
horrible longing. Some few days afterward she went thither herself, and
said to her head cook:--

"I intend to eat little Dawn for my dinner to-morrow."

"O! madam!" cried the head cook.