. Tales of the Punjab : told by the people . it on his with a tremendous boom! bing! boom! theywhizzed away and were in the palace in a night-time, the Princess was asleep ; never-theless the booming wakened her and she was quitefrightened to see a handsome young man kneelingbeside her. She began of course to scream, butstopped at once when the soldiers son with thegreatest politeness, and in the most elegant oflanguage, begged her not to be alarmed. And afterthat they talked together about everything delightful,while Sir Buzz stood at the door and did sentry ;but he sto
. Tales of the Punjab : told by the people . it on his with a tremendous boom! bing! boom! theywhizzed away and were in the palace in a night-time, the Princess was asleep ; never-theless the booming wakened her and she was quitefrightened to see a handsome young man kneelingbeside her. She began of course to scream, butstopped at once when the soldiers son with thegreatest politeness, and in the most elegant oflanguage, begged her not to be alarmed. And afterthat they talked together about everything delightful,while Sir Buzz stood at the door and did sentry ;but he stood a brick up on end first, so that he mightnot seem to pry upon the young people. Now when the dawn was just breaking, thesoldiers son and Princess Blossom, wearied of talking,fell asleep ; whereupon Sir Buzz, being a faithfulservant, said to himself, Now what is to be done ?If my master remains here asleep, some one willdiscover him, and he will be killed as sure as myname is Buzz ; but if I wake him, ten to one hewill refuse to go. ^-*-V. /:. 1594 by Macmillan &• Co, SIR BUZZ 9 So without more ado he put his hand under thebed, and bing ! boom ! carried it into a large gardenoutside the town. There he set it down in theshade of the biggest tree, and pulling up the nextbiggest one by the roots, threw it over his shoulder,and marched up and down keeping guard. Before long the whole town was in a commotion,because the Princess Blossom had been carried off,and all the world and his wife turned out to look forher. By and by the one-eyed Chief Constable cameto the garden gate. What do you want here ? cried valiant Sir Buzz,making passes at him with the tree. The Chief Constable with his one eye could seenothing save the branches, but he replied sturdily, Iwant the Princess Blossom ! Ill blossom you! Get out of my garden, willyou ? shrieked the one-span mannikin, with his oneand quarter span beard trailing on the ground ; andwith that he belaboured the Constables pony so hardwith
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