The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-01
Bedtime Stories
For Little Folks
The Tiger Princess.

every day because he had not son
instead of daughter.
After l am gone" he would say,
there will be no head to my house;
if / had son my name would live
after me-"
We'll, your highness, that is easily
remedied," replied the servant. Find
husband for the Princess Fiona and
you will have a son.
The next night the king gave a
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 hus-
band.
The princess no sooner heard this
than she ran to her room, where she
cried until she could not see.
While she was weeping her old
nurse came into the room why do
you weep. my chiId?" she asked.
Then the Princess Fiona told her
all her troubles. Il do not want a
husband" she said. What shall 1
do, nurse? Help me, do"
Il will" said the old nurse; this
very night you shall be saved. I will
come while you are being dressed for
this party, and with me / will bring
that which will save you, my child"
Just as Princess Fiona was going
down the stairs that night her nurse
appeared and whispered in the prin-
cess 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 you will find
your happiness. When you wish to
change your state, remove the ivory"
The princess took the ivory and
concealed it in her dress. The king
led off the dance with his daughter,
md then supper was served. Sud
denly cry arose and everybody ran
from the room.
A fierce tiger stood glaring around
in the place where the Princess Ii
ona had stood a minute before
While everyone was in such
fright they thought only of escape.
the princess trotted off 20 the forest,
as the nurse had to;I her to do.
That night she slept under the
trees. and in the morning she wan
dered about the forest with the other
animals, thinking it best to remain
4 tiger as long as she was in the
forest.
BY and by a hunter with a gun
over his shoulder came through the
forest, and when he saw the tiger he
was greatly frightened and dropped
his gun.
Now the Princess Fiona fell in love
with the hunter on the spot and for
got she was a tiger. She smiled at
him, which, of course showed all her
teeth, and made her look very saw
age and the hunter thought she in
tended eating him at once. But when
she came close and rubbed her head
against him he took courage and pat
ted 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 quar-
rel they had had.
One day soon after the tiger had
been brought to the garden, the prin-
cess thought she. would remove the
ivory.
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golden hair when the prince, who had
remained at home, looked out of the
window and beheld a beautiful woman
in the garden with a tiger Thinking
of course, that the tiger would kill |
her, he rushed into the garden to
save her. but when he reached there |
the beautiful woman had disappeared |
wretch" he screamed, rushing at
the tiger. You shall die for this"
He rushed at the tiger and shook
her by the ears so hard that the ivory !,
fell from her mouth and there in the !
place of the tiger the prince held by |
the ears the. beautiful woman
He quickly loosened his hold and |
stepped back. gazing at the princess
in establishment and admiration.
Then the princess smiled and this |
time the prince was not afraid.
OF course, he wanted to know how !
such a beautiful princess became a !
tiger. and when he heard the story |
and what the old nurse had told the |
Princess Fiona, the prince told the |