after, balls, dinners, tournaments, concerts and all sorts of
amusements went on all day and all night.

All the fairies were carefully invited, and they came in great
state, and promised the young couple their protection and all
sorts of good gifts. Prince Blondel and Princess Graziella lived
to a good old age, beloved by every one, and loving each other
more and more as time went on.





The Story Of Dschemil and Dschemila



There was once a man whose name was Dschemil, and he had a cousin
who was called Dschemila. They had been betrothed by their
parents when they were children, and now Dschemil thought that
the time had come for them to be married, and he went two or
three days' journey, to the nearest big town, to buy furniture
for the new house.

While he was away, Dschemila and her friends set off to the
neighbouring woods to pick up sticks, and as she gathered them
she found an iron mortar lying on the ground. She placed it on
her bundle of sticks, but the mortar would not stay still, and
whenever she raised the bundle to put it on her shoulders it
slipped off sideways. At length she saw the only way to carry the