The rose and the ring; or, The history of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo; a fireside pantomime for great and small children . For, as the fairy waved her wand over him, he felt himself risingoil the ground, and fluttering up against the door, and then, as it a 24 ALL YE FOOTMEN RUDE AND ROUGH, screw ran into his stomach, he felt a dreadful pain there, and waspinned to the door ; and then his arms flew up over his head ; and hislegs, after writhing about wildly, twisted under his body ; and he feltcold, cold, growing over him, as if he was turning into metal, and hesaid, 0—0—Hm ! and could say
The rose and the ring; or, The history of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo; a fireside pantomime for great and small children . For, as the fairy waved her wand over him, he felt himself risingoil the ground, and fluttering up against the door, and then, as it a 24 ALL YE FOOTMEN RUDE AND ROUGH, screw ran into his stomach, he felt a dreadful pain there, and waspinned to the door ; and then his arms flew up over his head ; and hislegs, after writhing about wildly, twisted under his body ; and he feltcold, cold, growing over him, as if he was turning into metal, and hesaid, 0—0—Hm ! and could say no more, because he was dumb. He was turned into metal! He was from being brazen, brass! more nor less than a knocker! And there he was, nailedto the door in the blazing summer day, till he burned almost red hot;and there he was, nailed to the door all the bitter winter nights, tillhis brass nose was dropping with icicles. And the postman came and. rapped at him, and the vulgarest boy with a letter came and hit himup against the door. And the king and queen (princess and princethey were then) coming home from a walk that evening, the king said, Hullo, my dear ! you have had a new knocker put on the door. Why,its rather like our porter in tlie face ! What has become of that boozyvagabond ? And the housemaid came and scrubbed his nose with Warning take by gruffanuff I 25 sandpaper; and once, when the Princess Angelicas little sister wasborn, he was tied up in an old kid glove ; and, another night, somelarking young men tried to wrench him offj and put him to the mostexcruciating agony with a turnscrew. And then the queen had a fancyto have the color of the door altered ; and the painters dabbed himover the mouth and eyes, and nearly choked him, as they painted himpea-green. I warrant he had leisure to repent of having been rude tothe Fairy Blackstick! As for his wife, she did not miss him ; and as he was always guz-zling beer at t
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