Then she said to him with bashful love: "Sir, there is a king of the
fairies named Moonshine. I am his daughter, and my name is
Moonlight. Now my father has left me alone in this city. I do not
know where he went with the rest of the people, or why.
Therefore, as my home is lonely, I rise through the ocean, sit on a
magic tree, and song about fate."

Then the king remembered the words of the monk, and urged her
with such gentle, tender words that she confessed her love and
agreed to marry him. But she made a condition: "My dear, on four
set days in each month you must let me go somewhere unhindered
and unseen. There is a reason." And the king agreed, married her,
and lived in heavenly happiness with her.

While he was living in heavenly bliss, Moonlight said to him one
day: "My dear, you must wait here. I am going somewhere on an
errand. For this is one of the set days. While you stay here,
sweetheart, you must not go into that crystal room, nor plunge into
this pool. If you do, you will find yourself at that very moment in
the world again." So she said good-bye and left the city.

But the king took his sword and followed, to learn her secret. And
he saw a giant approaching with a great black cave of a mouth that
yawned like the pit. The giant fell down and howled horribly, then
took Moonlight into his mouth and swallowed her.

And the king's anger blazed forth. He took his great sword, black
as a snake that has sloughed its skin, ran up wrathfully, and cut off
the giant's head. He was blinded by his madness, he did not know
what to do, he was afflicted by the loss of his darling. But