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MEXICAN TALES
"The girl awoke, said she was the king's daughter, and
shortly the two of them had found their way from the dungeon
and had come before the king.
" My daughter,' said he, 'is it really true? Can it be true
that you have broken the enchanted sleep?'
" 'She is no longer asleep,' said the princess of Spain. 'The
spell has been broken.'
"The king was overjoyed. 'I shall adopt you,' he said. 'You
shall be my second daughter and shall inherit half my kingdom.'
" 'It was nothing to awake her,' said the princess. 'I need
no reward, for I am the princess of Spain.'
" 'Why didn't you tell me before?' asked the king.
" 'Because,' said the princess, 'as you now see, the time for
that had not arrived.'
"The princess of Spain returned to her parents and a great
celebration was declared at her homecoming.
"Now, Mamacita," concluded the parrot to the merchant's
wife, "did you like the story?"
"Yes, indeed," said the latter.
The women did not attend mass that day, but spent the time
making a perch for the parrot.
"It is time for mass," said the servant the following morning.
"Hurry, senora, or else we shall be late."
The merchant's wife hurriedly dressed and was preparing to
leave when the parrot called, "Mamacita, mamacita, I have a
new story."
"New story! May God bless me, seliora, we must go to mass,"
said the servant.
"No, Mamacita," cried the parrot. "There will be another
mass, but after tQday there will never be a story like this."
"You know the promise you made your husband," continued
the servant. "You promised to pray every day for his safe
return."
"I can pray here," said the young woman. "I must hear the
story. Go ahead, periquito, tell me the story."
"Well, once upon a time," said the parrot, "in the Land of
Far Away there was a princess who had been afflicted with a23
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Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964. Puro Mexicano, book, 1969; Dallas, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc77209/m1/35/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.