and saw from Princess Momo's reflection that she was weeping and that one of her tears had fallen on to his hand.
And at that instant he realized that the fairy had tricked him - that she wasn't beautiful at all and had cold, green blood in her veins.
His true love, he realized, was Princess Momo. “'You've broken your promise,' snapped the green-blooded fairy,
scowling so hideously that she looked like a snake, 'and now you must pay the price!'”
And then, while Prince Girolamo sat there as though paralysed, she reached inside him with her long, green fingers and tied a knot in his heart.
Instantly forgetting that he was the Prince of Futuria, he slunk out of his palace like a thief in the night
and wandered far and wide till he came to Presentia, where he took the name Guido and lived a life of poverty and obscurity.
All he'd brought with him was Princess Momo's reflection from the magic mirror, which was blank from then on.
By now Princess Momo had abandoned the ragged remains of her silk and satin gown.
She wore a patchwork dress and a man's cast-off jacket, far too big for her, and was living in an ancient ruin.
When the two of them met there one fine day, Princess Momo failed to recognize poor, good-for-nothing Guido as the Prince of Futuria.
Guido didn't recognize her either, because she no longer looked like a princess,
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