. Tales of fantasy . not like towaste it on bad cookery, and the people of theroyal town were bad cooks. I wish I were in The Bear, at Gluckstein,said he to himself; for he remembered that there wasa very good cook there. But, then, the town wastwenty-one leagues away — sixty-three long miles! No sooner had the prince said this, and taken justthree steps, than he found himself at the door of the Bear Inn at Gluckstein ! This is the most extraordinary dream, said he tohimself; for he was far too clever, of course, to believein seven-league boots. Yet he had a pair on at thatvery moment, and it
. Tales of fantasy . not like towaste it on bad cookery, and the people of theroyal town were bad cooks. I wish I were in The Bear, at Gluckstein,said he to himself; for he remembered that there wasa very good cook there. But, then, the town wastwenty-one leagues away — sixty-three long miles! No sooner had the prince said this, and taken justthree steps, than he found himself at the door of the Bear Inn at Gluckstein ! This is the most extraordinary dream, said he tohimself; for he was far too clever, of course, to believein seven-league boots. Yet he had a pair on at thatvery moment, and it was they which had carried himin three strides from the palace to Gluckstein! The truth is, that the prince, in looking about thepalace for clothes, had found his way into that veryold lumber-room where the magical gifts of the fairieshad been thrown by his clever mother, who did notbelieve in them. But this, of course, the prince didnot know. Now you should be told that seven-league boots only 134 Tales of Fantasy. take those prodigious steps when you say you want togo a long distance. Otherwise they would be veryinconvenient — when you only want to cross the room,for example. Perhaps this has not been explained toyou by your governess ? Well, the prince walked into The Bear, and itseemed odd to him that nobody took any notice of yet his face was as well known as that of any man in Pantouflia; foreverybody had seen it,at least in pictures. Hewas so puzzled by notbeing attended toas usual, that hequite forgot to takeoff his cap. Hesat down at a table, however, and shouted Kellner !at which all the waiters jumped, and looked round inevery direction, but nobody came to him. At first hethought they were too busy, but presently anotherexplanation occurred to him. The king, he said to himself, has threatened toexecute anybody who speaks to me, or helps me in anyway. Well, I dont mean to starve in the midst ofplenty, anyhow; here goes ! The prince rose, and went to the ta
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