The Washington times., 1913-08-27
For The Times Children
Just Before It's Bedtime
THE TIGER PRINCESS.
nee upon a time there lived
King who had a very beautiful
daughter, named Fiona, but the

King grieYed every day because
he had not son instead of a daughter.
After 1 am gone" he would say,
there will be no head to my house IL
1 had a son my name would live after
me-"
You must marry again." said one of
his servants, to whom he told his trou-
bles, "and then you may have a SON.
The mother OF the princess died when
she was a baby, and the King was so
grleved that he had never thought of
another to take her place.
So. when the servant told him he
should marry again. the King replied
that it was not to be thought of. IF
only had a son all my troubles would
be at an end" he replied.
We'll, your highGess, that is easily
remedied," replied the servant. Find a
husband for the Princess Ziona, and
you will have a son; he can take your
name after you are gone, and your king
dom will continue to the end of time"
You are right. my faithful man." re-
piled the King. Il will find husband
at once for the princess"
The next night the King gave party
and asked all the young men that he
thought would make good husbands /;
then he told the Princess Fiona that she
was to choose from among them the
man to be her husband. .., ,
The princess no sooner heard this
than she ran weeping to her room and
threw herself on her bed, where she
creied until she could not see.
While she was weeping her old nurse
hn
my child?" she asked.
Then the Princess Fiona told her all
her troubles. Il do not want a hus-
band" she said. What shall do,
nurse? Help me. do"
II will" said the old nurse; this
very night you shall be saved. / will
come while you are being dressed for
this party, and with me l will bring
that which will save you, my child"
Just as Princess Fiona was going down
the stairs that night her nurse appear
ed, and, sending away the attendants,
she whispered in the princess ear {:
Take this piece Of ivory, which will
slip over one of your teeth. 1t will
change you into a tiger. and your
father and all the suitors will quickly
leave you. Then you can run to the
forest, and there will you find your
happiness That is all / can tell you,
excepting that when you wish to change
your state remove the ivory. The rest
you must find out for yourself"
The Princess took the ivory and con-
cealed it in her dress. The King led
off the dance with his daughter, and
then a supper was served, after which
all the lords and earls he had selected
for the Princess to choose from were
gathered around the Princess, when
suddenly a cry arose and everybody
ran from the room.
A fierce tiger stood glaring around
in the place where the Princess Fiona
had stood a minute before.
While every one was in such fright
they thought only of escape the Prin-
cess trotted off to the forest, as the
nurse had told her to do.
That night she slept under the trees.
and in the morning she wandered about
the forest with the other animals, think
ing it best to remain a tiger as long as
she was in the forest.
BY and by a hunter with a gun over
his shoulder came through the forest,
ana "ntn he Sd" lnt ll6CI uC was
greatly frightened and dropped his gun.
Now the Princess ZiOna fell in love
with the hunter on the spot and forgot
she was a tiger. She smiled at him,
which, OF course, showed all her teeth
and made her look very savage and the
hunter thought she intended eating him
at once. But when she came close and
rubbed her head against him he took
courage and patted her head and called
her a good beast.
When the hunter left the forest he
took the tiger along and placed her in
his garden. where he could see her any
time he wished from the window of his
palace, for the hunter proved to be a
prince whom the King had not invited
to the party because of a quarrel they
had had.
One dav soon after the tiger had been
brought to the garden and no one was
in sight the Princess thought she would
remove the ivory, as she often did when
She wished to be a princess again
She was shaking out her long golden
hair when the Prince who had
remained at home, looked out Of the
window and beheld a beautiful woman
in the garden with tiger. Thinking.