. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . floor. Take him away! cried the King, my enemy. *Takehim away, and pull out all his teeth! And one by one, in the dark dungeon, they pulled outof my gums the joy of my life—my white, my sharp, my glis-tening teeth. Think of it! Think of the pain, of the deepshame! But I swore a deep revenge, and when I was banished,I went to live as a simple farmer in that neighboring valleywhere first you beheld me. I have spent all the rest of mytoothless, joyless days in taking terrible revenge upon thiscousin King—this royal wretch who stole my proud pos-sessions. I hav
. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . floor. Take him away! cried the King, my enemy. *Takehim away, and pull out all his teeth! And one by one, in the dark dungeon, they pulled outof my gums the joy of my life—my white, my sharp, my glis-tening teeth. Think of it! Think of the pain, of the deepshame! But I swore a deep revenge, and when I was banished,I went to live as a simple farmer in that neighboring valleywhere first you beheld me. I have spent all the rest of mytoothless, joyless days in taking terrible revenge upon thiscousin King—this royal wretch who stole my proud pos-sessions. I have brought sorrow into each of his FourKingdoms, and I shall kill him—him and his pretty daugh-ter. Princess Clem! Hee, hee! He gave an evil chuckleand gnashed his gums in hate. 120 THE ADVENTURES OF PETERKIN Peterkin shuddered. And is there nothing will satisfyyou? he pleaded. *Yes! snapped the old man. A new set of teeth!Teeth as white and sharp and glistening as the set theyrobbed me of. A new set of teeth—or else revenge!. ^^^^^Si^
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