The adventures of Prince Prigio and of his son, Prince Ricardo . he plate letters engraved. This was what waswritten on the plates: AQVA. DE. FONTE. LEONVM.^ * Thank heaven ! said the prince. Ithought they were sure to have brought it! * Water from the Fountain of Lions. PRINCE PRIGIO. 101 Then he took one of the old black leatherbottles and ran downstairs again to the placewhere he had burned the body of the poor oldsick cat. He opened the bottle and poured a fewdrops of the water on the ashes and the djmgembers. Up there sprang a tall,white flame of fire, wavinglike a tongue of light; andfor
The adventures of Prince Prigio and of his son, Prince Ricardo . he plate letters engraved. This was what waswritten on the plates: AQVA. DE. FONTE. LEONVM.^ * Thank heaven ! said the prince. Ithought they were sure to have brought it! * Water from the Fountain of Lions. PRINCE PRIGIO. 101 Then he took one of the old black leatherbottles and ran downstairs again to the placewhere he had burned the body of the poor oldsick cat. He opened the bottle and poured a fewdrops of the water on the ashes and the djmgembers. Up there sprang a tall,white flame of fire, wavinglike a tongue of light; andforth from the heap jumpedthe most beautiful, strong,funny black cat that everwas seen ! It was Frank as he hadbeen in the vigor of his youth ; and he knewthe prince at once, and rubbed himself againsthim and purred. The prince lifted up Frank and kissed hisnose for joy; and a bright tear rolled down onFranks face, and made him rub his nose withhis paw in the most comical manner. Then the prince set him down, and he ranround and round after his tail; and, lastly,. 102 PRINCE PRIGIO. cocked his tail up, and marched proudly afterthe prince into the castle. ^ Oh, Frank! said Prince Prigio, no catsince the time of Puss in Boots was ever sowell taken care of as you shall be. For if thefairy water from the Fountain of Lions canbring you back to life—why, there is a chancefor Alphonso and Enrico! Then Prigio bustled about, got ready somecold luncheon from the stoieroom, took all hisfairy things that he was likely to need, satdown Avith them on the flying carpet, andwished himself at the mountain of the Fire-drake. ^* I have the king now, he said ; for if Icant find the ashes of my brothers, by Jove !Ill Do you know what he meant to do if hecould not find his brothers ? Let every childguess. Off he flew; and there he was in a second,just beside poor Alphonsos Prigio, seeing a little heap of gray ashesbeside the engine, watered them with the fairy PRINCE PRIGIO. 103 wa
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