more  pleased  with  him.  Apd  so  the  priuce  lived  in  the
cave,  and  became  ever  more  and  more  fond  of  the  princess,
even  as  the  princess  became  more  and  more  fond  of  him ;
and  the  days  passed  very  happily.  Every  morning  the
ogre  went  forth  for  his  prey,  and  left  the  prince  and
princess  alone  ;  and  every  evening  he  returned,  to  be
pampered  and  served  by  them.
Generally  he  brought  back  with  him  some  rare  fruit
or  precious  jewel,  or  anything  that  the  prince  and  prin-
cess asked  of  him  or  expressed  a  wish  for.  However,
there  was  always  a  lingering  fear  lest  in  a  moment  of
rage  or  indisposition  the  ogre  should  devour  them,  and  so
they  were  always  thinking  of  some  plan  to  rid  themselves
of  him.  They  soon  discovered  that  might  would  not
overcome  him,  and  that  if  they  would  take  him  they
must  trick  him  into  telling  them  the  secret  of  his  life,
— in  what  his  great  strength  lay,  and  therefore  they
determined  if  possible  to  find  out  this  thing.  One  even-
ing, when  they  were  cleaning  the  ogre's  teeth  and  sham-
pooing his  limbs,  the  princess  sat  down  beside  him  and
suddenly  began  to  weep.
"  Why  weep  you,  my  darling  ? "  said  the  ogre.  "  Tell
me  your  distress,  and  I  will  relieve  it  to  the  utmost  of  my
power."   Saying  this,  he  drew  her  to  him  in  tender  embrace.
