. In happy far-away land . palace by and by, and was just passingthe gate of the Queens garden, on her way to her mother, to tell what had hap-pened to her, when she met Mary, the cruel kitchen maid. Mary was angrybecause the shepherd boy had told the cook what she had done with his dinner,and she was angry with Bo-Peep, too, for if Bo-Peep had not stayed with the sheep, the boy could not have come home to tellhis father how unkind she had been. She ran up toBo-Peep and caught her by the shoulders. Ill teach you to send that boy home to tellwhat I do! she cried. Cointhere and stay, I say ! And
. In happy far-away land . palace by and by, and was just passingthe gate of the Queens garden, on her way to her mother, to tell what had hap-pened to her, when she met Mary, the cruel kitchen maid. Mary was angrybecause the shepherd boy had told the cook what she had done with his dinner,and she was angry with Bo-Peep, too, for if Bo-Peep had not stayed with the sheep, the boy could not have come home to tellhis father how unkind she had been. She ran up toBo-Peep and caught her by the shoulders. Ill teach you to send that boy home to tellwhat I do! she cried. Cointhere and stay, I say ! And opening the gate ofQueen Annes garden she pushedBo-Peep in, and pushed her sohard that the little girl fell onthe strange plant which theOueen was taking such care of, *-w O and broke off the stalk onwhich grew the pretty pinkbud. The poor little princessbeefan to cry when she saw O * what had happened, andMary ran off to tell theQueen that Bo-Peep hadbroken her beautifulplant, so that now nobodycould ever see it PRINCESS BO-PEEP The Queen was busy talking to the Queen of Hearts, and could not cometo see if what Mary said was true, for it would have been thought very rudeof her to leave her guest, but she was very sorry to hear that the bud wasbroken, and sorrier still to hear that her little daughter had disobeyed her bygoing into the garden. So she sent word that instead of putting on her pret-tiest frock and coming in to see the King and Queen of Hearts, Bo-Peep was to go to bed at once, with only a slice ofbread for her supper. Bo-Peep was very unhappy indeed,and lay in her little white bed crying as ifher heart would break, for she knew theQueen was vexed with her, and she couldnot bear to displease her dear mother. She knew that the ladies would havetea in the drawing-room, and she dearlywished for a piece of cake, for she hadseen the cook making it that very morn-ing, and it had nuts in it, and plums, andthere was frosting on top that lookedalmost like lace. S
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