The true philosopher and other cat tales . kingdom,and a splendid digestion,—or so the doctor says. Ofcourse you are happy; and if you are happy, it standsto reason you are well; and if you are well, you can-not be ill. Very true, said the king, thoughtfully, I haveall the things you say,—so of course I must be happy,—and if I am happy—of course I am well—^because Iwould not be happy if I were not well; and if I amwell—I am not ill,—that would be ridiculous. Arethe five minutes up? The five minutes proved to be up, and as the kingassured the philosopher he felt quite convalescentthey went down
The true philosopher and other cat tales . kingdom,and a splendid digestion,—or so the doctor says. Ofcourse you are happy; and if you are happy, it standsto reason you are well; and if you are well, you can-not be ill. Very true, said the king, thoughtfully, I haveall the things you say,—so of course I must be happy,—and if I am happy—of course I am well—^because Iwould not be happy if I were not well; and if I amwell—I am not ill,—that would be ridiculous. Arethe five minutes up? The five minutes proved to be up, and as the kingassured the philosopher he felt quite convalescentthey went downstairs to lay the plans for the wed-ding. And what will you do for an observatory? saidthe king, who had rather confused ideas about philoso-phers. Dear me, cried his future son-in-law, all a phil-osopher needs is a garret. Well now, said the king, with a troubled frown,you are asking a very difficult thing of me, for Inever heard of a garret in the palace, though we mightfit one up in one of the towers. But I think the best. AND OTHER CAT TALES 15 thing would be to erect one on the roof, and then itwould be comfortable and conveniently near. Oh, pray do not bother about a garret, if it is sodifficult, cried the philosopher hastily. What Iwould really like more than anything would be alibrary. Well, that you shall have! replied the king, verymuch relieved. And he immediately put the philoso-pher in complete possession of a very large one indeedfilled with globes, maps, easy-chairs, writing-desks,waste-baskets, and paper-cutters, and at least one copyof every book, manuscript and inscription that hadever existed in the world. Here the philosopher andhis cat immediately and delightedly installed them-selves, whence the former was with difficulty dislodgedfor the wedding, having indeed to be reminded fourtimes to go and get dressed for the occasion. Butafter that was over and he and the princess were hap-pily settled, he managed to spend most of his timethere. And up
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