. The house of joy . i M THE STORY OF THE HERONS LONG time ago there liveda King and a Queen wholoved each other had both fallen inlove at first sight ; and astheir love began so it wenton through all their life. Yet this, whichwas the cause of all their happiness, was thecause also of all their misfortunes. In his youth, when he was a beautifulyoung bachelor, the King had had the ill-luck to attract the heart of a jealous andpowerful Fairy ; and though he never gaveher the least hope or encouragement, whenshe heard that his love had been won atfirst sight by a mere mortal, her
. The house of joy . i M THE STORY OF THE HERONS LONG time ago there liveda King and a Queen wholoved each other had both fallen inlove at first sight ; and astheir love began so it wenton through all their life. Yet this, whichwas the cause of all their happiness, was thecause also of all their misfortunes. In his youth, when he was a beautifulyoung bachelor, the King had had the ill-luck to attract the heart of a jealous andpowerful Fairy ; and though he never gaveher the least hope or encouragement, whenshe heard that his love had been won atfirst sight by a mere mortal, her rage and .resentment knew no bounds. She saidnothing, however, but bided her time. After they had been married a year theQueen presented her husband with a little 54 The House of Joy daughter ; before she was yet a day old shewas the most beautiful object in the world,and life seemed to promise her nothing butfortune and happiness. The family Fairy came to the blessing ofthe new-born ; and she, looking at it as itlay beauti
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