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laugh, he sent for him. But when Jack ap
peared before him so ugly and stupid-looking,
the king was so digusted that he declared then
and there that Jack should not marry the prin
cess.
But of course it must not be known abroad
that the king had broken his promise so he
planned to kill Jack, and to put someone else
in his place. Jack was seized and thrown into a
den with wild animals. The animals leaped
upon him to devour him, but Jack threw down
his magical belt, which quickly wound itself
about them, binding their legs fast to their
bodies while Jack sat down quietly to see what
would happen next.
Meantime the word was passed about that a
suitor had won the hand of the princess, and
that the marriage would be celebrated that very
evening. All went merrily until the ceremony
was about to begin. Then something strange
happened. The bridegroom began to dance and
He leaped into the
jump about like a madman.
air, tearing at his face and clothes, and then
fled from the room. The terrified princess
screamed, and ran about, calling:
"He is mad! The bridegroom is mad!"
Another bridegroom was now sent forward by
the king, but as soon as he took his place beside
the princess to be married, he too began jump
ing about like a madman, just as the other had