. Household stories from the collection of the bros. Grimm . KING had a daughter who was beauti-ful beyond measure, but so proud andoverbearing that none of her suitorswere good enough for her; she notonly refused one after the other, butmade a laughing-stock of them. Oncethe king appointed a great feast, andbade all the marriageable men to itfrom far and near. And they were all put in rows, according to their rank and station; first camethe kings, then the princes, the dukes, the earls, the barons,and lastly the noblemen. The princess was led in front ofthe rows, but she had a mocking epithet
. Household stories from the collection of the bros. Grimm . KING had a daughter who was beauti-ful beyond measure, but so proud andoverbearing that none of her suitorswere good enough for her; she notonly refused one after the other, butmade a laughing-stock of them. Oncethe king appointed a great feast, andbade all the marriageable men to itfrom far and near. And they were all put in rows, according to their rank and station; first camethe kings, then the princes, the dukes, the earls, the barons,and lastly the noblemen. The princess was led in front ofthe rows, but she had a mocking epithet for each. One wastoo fat, What a tub ! said she. Another too tall, Longand lean is ill to be seen, said she. A third too short, Fatand short, not fit to court, said she. A fourth was too pale, A regular deaths-head; a fifth too red-faced, A game-cock, she called him. The sixth was not well-made enough,• Green wood ill dried ! cried she. So every one had some-thing against him, and she made especially merry over a goodking who was very tall, and whose ch
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