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FAIRY TALES 203
done, and fled from the room and was seen no
more.
Now all this was the work of Jack and his
flute. The madness that had overcome the suit
ors had been caused by hosts of invisible hornets
which had entered through the keyhole, and had
stung them from head to foot. While all the
preparations were being made in the palace,
Jack had sat in the den among the wild animals,
his flute as hard as ever he
playing away upon
could. It was one of the powers of the magical
flute, when the owner was hard pressed, to sum
mon hornets to attack an enemy, and now Jack
had been obliged to use this power.
At last the king, who all the time suspected
what was happening, was willing to admit that
he was beaten. He felt sure that Jack must
still be alive and exercising his magic. He sent
messengers to the den for him. When they
reached the place they found the animals all tied
together by the magical belt, and there was a
heavy mist all about so they could not see Jack.
The messengers were frightened and went back
to the king and told him what they had seen.
"Ah!" said the king,
"it is just as I thought.
The young man is a magician. Go again, and
if you can find him, bring him to me."
So the messengers went back to the den, and
this time they found Jack; but it was not the
same Jack, for he had changed his appearance