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Many years passea away, and a dense forest grew up around the palace, which almost hid it from view. When the hundred years had elapsed, a prince and his followers were hunting near the spot ; and as he came near to the trees, they separated to let him pass. Onward he passed, the ‘trees closing after him, and at last he arrived at the palace gates. He entered, but the silence which reigned within, quite startled him; however, he took courage, and passed through several rooms, in which every person he saw was fast asleep. At length the prince entered a splendid apartment, where lay, on an elegant couch, the most beautiful lady he had ever beheld; with intense admiration he gazed upon her for some time, and falling on one knee, he
