Wonder Tales from Many LandsTHERE was once a King who had one only son, and him he loved better than anything in the whole worldbetter even than his own life. The Kings greatest desire was to see his son married, but though the Prince had travelled in many lands, and had seen many noble and beautiful ladies, there was not one among them all whom he wished to have for a wife. One day the King called his son to him and said, My son, for a long time now I have hoped to see you