and he put his foot right on the cat’s tail
With one terrific yell the cat sprang up
the cat instantly changed into a tall man
he fixed his angry eyes upon the King
“You shall marry the Princess”
“because you have been able to break the enchantment”
“but I will have my revenge”
“You shall have a son”
“but you will not have a happy son”
“the only way he can be happy is if finds out that his nose is too long”
“but you can’t tell anyone about this”
“if you tell anyone, you shall vanish away instantly”
“and no one shall ever see you or hear of you again”
the King was afraid of the enchanter
but he could not help laughing at this threat
“If my son has such a long nose, he is bound to see it”
“unless he is blind” he said to himself
But the enchanter had already vanished
so he did not waste any more time in thinking
instead he went to seek the Princess
and very soon she consented to marry him

the king did not have much from his marriage, however
they had not been married long when the King died
and the Queen had nothing left to care for but her little son
she had called him Hyacinth
The little Prince had large blue eyes
they were the prettiest eyes in the world
and he had a sweet little mouth
but, alas! his nose was enormous
it covered half his face