"I like to wear it."
Oh, how the diamonds and amethysts danced! It was worse than ever.
"Well, I see I can hide nothing. Merlin forbade me to take it off. He said great harm would come if I disobeyed."
Thanks to the enchanted necklace, Coralie became a truthful child. Long before the year had passed, Merlin came for his necklace. He needed it for another child who told falsehoods.
No one can tell to-day what has become of the wonderful Necklace of Truth. But if I were a little child in the habit of telling falsehoods, I should not feel quite sure that it might not be found again some fine day.