"Alas!" said he, "where shall I find a Princess now? The time is so short that I cannot even look for one."
Then the White Cat told him that if only he would do as she bade him all would be well.
"Take your sword, cut off my head and my tail, and cast them into the flames," she said.
The Prince declared that on no account would he treat her so cruelly; but she begged him so earnestly to do as she asked that at last he consented.
No sooner had he cast the head and the tail into the fire than a beautiful Princess appeared where the body of the cat had been. The spell that had been cast upon her was broken, and at the same time her courtiers and attendants, who had also been changed into cats, hastened in in their proper forms again, to pay their respects to their mistress.
The Prince at once fell deeply in love with the charming Princess, and begged her to accompany him to his father's court as his bride.
She consented, and together they rode away. During the journey, the Princess told her husband the story of her enchantment.
She Was Happy All Day Long in Fairyland.