Well, so in any case, the wicked mother made sure that her son the king saw all this the next morning, and blamed the silent princess for the missing children, and demanded that she speak in her defense, or else they would take her silence as an admission of guilt. And of course the little princess couldn't speak because her six years weren't up, so she said nothing--but cast the young king a terribly sad look, and simply shook her head in response to the accusations.
And, er, it's a bit gruesome, the next part, but the way it goes is that the king believes her, so the wicked mother repeats the awful trick twice more. And by the third time, the king simply has to do something about it, you know, because he was the king and was bound to be fair no matter how much he liked the princess, and if she really were devouring the village women's babies, well, something simply had to be done.
And of course, since the little princess couldn't say a word about it, he was forced to find her accountable, and she was sentenced to be burned at the stake for her crimes.
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Well, so in any case, the wicked mother made sure that her son the king saw all this the next morning, and blamed the silent princess for the missing children, and demanded that she speak in her defense, or else they would take her silence as an admission of guilt. And of course the little princess couldn't speak because her six years weren't up, so she said nothing--but cast the young king a terribly sad look, and simply shook her head in response to the accusations.
And, er, it's a bit gruesome, the next part, but the way it goes is that the king believes her, so the wicked mother repeats the awful trick twice more. And by the third time, the king simply has to do something about it, you know, because he was the king and was bound to be fair no matter how much he liked the princess, and if she really were devouring the village women's babies, well, something simply had to be done.
And of course, since the little princess couldn't say a word about it, he was forced to find her accountable, and she was sentenced to be burned at the stake for her crimes.