The infinite care that was taken of her health, and her strong desire to go in search of Blue Bird, helped to cure her, and before long she felt well enough to nominate a council to take charge of the kingdom in her absence. Then choosing out jewels to the value of an immense sum, she set out one night quite alone, without letting anyone know where she was goingThe enchanter who was looking after King Charming's affairs, not being powerful enough to undo all that Soussio had done, determined to go and find her, and to propose to her some arrangement by means of which the king would have his natural shape restored to him. Taking the frogs, he flew to the fairy, who at that moment was speaking with Truitonne.There is not very much difference between an enchanter and a fairy. These two had known each other for five or six hundred years, and in that space of time they had had a hundred quarrels and made them up again. She received him very kindly."Well, and what does my comrade want?"

"Ate wala ka bang alam na kwento yong may enchanted po?""Enchanted? Meron may alam ako enchanted canary, gusto niyo ba marinig?""Opo!""Once upon a time, in the reign of King Cambrinus, there lived at Avesnes one of his lords, who was the finest man—by which I mean the fattest—in the whole country of Flanders. He ate four meals a day, slept twelve hours out of the twenty-four, and the only thing he ever did was to shoot at small birds with his bow and arrow.Still, with all his practice he shot very badly, he was so fat and heavy, and as he grew daily fatter, he was at last obliged to give up walking, and be dragged about by others, and the people made fun of him, and gave him the name of my Lord Tubby.Now, the only trouble that Lord Tubby had was about his son, whom he loved very much, although they were not in the least alike, for the young Prince was as thin as a cuckoo. And what vexed him more than all was, that though the young ladies throughout all his lands did their best to

"Ate pwede last pa po?""Please?"Pretty please??""Oh, sige last na ah? Ubos na laway ko sainyo eh." Ngumiti naman sila at niyakap ako saglit bago umupo ulit."Once upon a time there was a little boy who had taken cold. He had gone out and got his feet wet; though nobody could imagine how it had happened, for it was quite dry weather. So his mother undressed him, put him to bed, and had the tea-pot brought in, to make him a good cup of Elderflower tea.Just at that moment the merry old man came in who lived up a-top of the house all alone; for he had neither wife nor children—but he liked children very much, and knew so many fairy tales, that it was quite delightful."Now drink your tea," said the boy's mother; "then, perhaps, you may hear a fairy tale.""If I had but something new to tell," said the old man. "But how did the child get his feet wet?""That is the very thing that nobody can make out," said his mother."Am I to hear a fairy tale?" asked the little boy.'Yes, if you can

Hindi ko ma explain yong lasa nito saka ba't ba kase ganito ang itsura at naglalaway pa..."Ija okay ka lang ba?""Huh? Ahm, pasensiya po talaga..." Napahinto ako dahil nag dadalawang isip ako kung sasabihin ko ba sakanya o hindi. Ang kapal naman kase ng mukha ko kung maghahanap pa ako ng ibang ulam eh, samantalang nakikikain na nga lang ako dito at nakikitira tapos nakikisuot pa ng damit.''Bakit hindi ba kaya sa lalamunan mo yang ulam?" Kagat labi akong tumango-tango. Ayoko ko namang umamin eh, kaso nakatango na ako ano pa nga bang magagawa ko."Ah, ganon ba. Kumakain ka ba ng etlog?" Tanong niya. "Piniritong etlog ija?" Napangiti naman ako kase sa wakas makakain na rin ako. "Lulutuin ko saglit lang naman 'yon." Saad niya at tatayo na sana kaso pinigilan ko siya."Ay! Ako na lang po ang mag luluto. Asan po ba nakalagay?" "Nandyan sa lalagyan ng plato ija, dyan nakalagay." Saad nito sabay tinuro itong sa may gilid ko. Tumayo naman ako at lumapit doon, hinanap ko naman sa loob an

"Ah, ganon po ba? Asan na nga po pala yong kapatid niyo po?" Tanong ko."Wala na siya ija, matagal nang patay ang kapatid ko." Bigla akong natahimik sa naging sagot niya.Kinagat ko ang labi ko. "Pasensiya na po." Ba't ko pa nga ba kase tinanong hayst!"Ayos lang ija wala namang masama mag tanong." Ngumiti ako ng pilit bago ipinagpatuloy ang pagkain ko.Nang matapos na akong kumain ay nilagay ko ang pinagkainan ko sa lababo. "Ija ako na dyan, mabuti pang magpahinga ka nalang muna don pero bago yan gamotin natin yang sugat mo sa paa dahil baka magka infection yan."Saad niya habang nakatingin sa paa ko. Ngayon ko pa napansin na may maliliit na bakas ng dugo sa sahig dahil pala dito sa sugat ko."San ba yan nasugatan?" Nagtatakang tanong ni Lola Rheya."Sa sanga po, nasugatan ako sa kakatakbo saka biglaan yong pag ulan muntikan na akong madulas at madapa-dapa.""Nako-nako kawawa ka namang bata ka. Paniguradong hinahanap ka na ng mga magulang mo, nag aalala na ang mga 'yon sayo." Wika n