. Tales of fantasy . er, while I was standing on some table talking withthe lords or ladies of the court, and he seldom failed ofa smart word or two upon my littleness; against whichI could only revenge myself by calling him brother,challenging him to wrestle,and such repartees as areusually in the mouths ofcourt pages. One day atdinner, this mali-cious little cub wasso nettled withsomething I hadsaid to him, thatraising himselfupon the frame ofher majestys chair,he took me up bythe middle, as I wassitting down notthinking any harm,and let me drop intoa large silver bowl of cream, and then ran
. Tales of fantasy . er, while I was standing on some table talking withthe lords or ladies of the court, and he seldom failed ofa smart word or two upon my littleness; against whichI could only revenge myself by calling him brother,challenging him to wrestle,and such repartees as areusually in the mouths ofcourt pages. One day atdinner, this mali-cious little cub wasso nettled withsomething I hadsaid to him, thatraising himselfupon the frame ofher majestys chair,he took me up bythe middle, as I wassitting down notthinking any harm,and let me drop intoa large silver bowl of cream, and then ran away asfast as he could. I fell over head and ears, and, if Ihad not been a good swimmer, it might have gone veryhard with me; for Glumdalclitch in that instant hap-pened to be at the other end of the room, and thequeen was in such a fright, that she wanted presenceof mind to assist me. But my little nurse ran to myrelief, and took me out, after I had swallowed above aquart of cream. I was put to bed: however, I re-. 40 Tales of Fantasy ceived no other damage than the loss of a suit ofclothes, which was utterly spoiled. The dwarf wassoundly whipped, and as a further punishment, forcedto drink up the bowl of cream into which he hadthrown me; neither was he ever restored to favor; forsoon after the queen bestowed him on a lady of highquality, so that I saw him no more, to my very greatsatisfaction: for I could not tell to what extremitysuch a malicious urchin might have carried his resent-ment. I was frequently rallied by the queen on account ofmy fearfulness; and she used to ask me whether thepeople of my country were as great cowards as myself ?The occasion was this: the kingdom is much pesteredwith flies in summer; and these odious insects, each ofthem as big as a Dunstable lark, hardly gave me anyrest while I sat at dinner, with their continual hum-ming and buzzing about my ears. I had much ado todefend myself against these detestable animals, andcould not forbear starting w
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