The adventures of Prince Prigio and of his son, Prince Ricardo . e, and cut him up hes cutting the beasts head off. Nowhes gone to the princess; a very neat bow liehas made her. Dicks manners are positivelyimproving ! Now hes cutting her iron chains offwith the sword of sharpness. And now hesmade her another bow, and hes actually takingleave of her. Poor thing ! How disappointedshe is looking. And shes so pretty, too. I say,Rosalind, shall I shout to him through the magichorn, and tell him to bring her home here, onthe magic carpet ? I think not, dear; the palace is quite full,said
The adventures of Prince Prigio and of his son, Prince Ricardo . e, and cut him up hes cutting the beasts head off. Nowhes gone to the princess; a very neat bow liehas made her. Dicks manners are positivelyimproving ! Now hes cutting her iron chains offwith the sword of sharpness. And now hesmade her another bow, and hes actually takingleave of her. Poor thing ! How disappointedshe is looking. And shes so pretty, too. I say,Rosalind, shall I shout to him through the magichorn, and tell him to bring her home here, onthe magic carpet ? I think not, dear; the palace is quite full,said the queen. But the real reason was thatshe wanted Ricardo to marry her favorite Prin-cess Jaqueline, and she did not wish the newprincess to come in the way. As you like, said the king, who knew whatwas in her mind very well. ^^ Besides, I see lierown people coming for her. Im sorry for her,but it cant be helped, and Dick is halfwayhome by now on the shoes of swiftness. Idare say he will not keep dinner waiting afterall. But what a fright the boy has given me!. PRINCE RICARDO. 129 At this moment a whirring in the air anda joyous shout were heard. It was PrinceRicardo flying home on his seven - leagueboots. Hi, Ross ! he shouted, ^ just w^eigh thisbeasts head. IVe had a splendid day with asea-monster. Get the head stuffed, wdll you ?Well have it set up in the billiard-room. Yes, Master Dick—I mean your royal high-ness, said Ross, a Highland keeper, who hadnot previously been employed by a reigningfamily. Its a fine head, w hatever, he addedmeditatively. Prince Ricardo now came beneath the librarywindow and gave his parents a brief accountof his adventure. ^ I picked the monster up early in the morn-ing, he said, through the magic telescope,father. What country was he in ? said the king. The country people whom I met called itEthiopia. They were niggers. And in what part of the globe is Ethiopia,Ricardo ? 130 PRINCE PRIGIO. ^ Oh! I dont know. Asia, perhaps, an-swered the prince
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