St Nicholas [serial] . riches from thin air, the secondfairy gave him a certain habit of mind that waslikely to dissipate his riches, and which will beset forth later on in this truthful was a very unusual boy. He grew a country where there are *nofairies, but wherethere are apple-trees loaded with the deliciousfruit. Amatoria was a generous boy, and he dividedhis apple into forty parts and shared it with his 212 THE THREE GOLDEN SHOWERS [Jan., parents and thirty-seven other people. The sliceswere so thin that there was not much taste tothem, but as none of them had ever tas
St Nicholas [serial] . riches from thin air, the secondfairy gave him a certain habit of mind that waslikely to dissipate his riches, and which will beset forth later on in this truthful was a very unusual boy. He grew a country where there are *nofairies, but wherethere are apple-trees loaded with the deliciousfruit. Amatoria was a generous boy, and he dividedhis apple into forty parts and shared it with his 212 THE THREE GOLDEN SHOWERS [Jan., parents and thirty-seven other people. The sliceswere so thin that there was not much taste tothem, but as none of them had ever tasted anapple, it did not make much difference. Theywere eating a strange fruit that had been givento the boy by the king, and they all smacked theirlips and said: How delicious! And then theywent out into their gardens and waded aroundamong the oranges that had fallen from the trees,and which were so juicy and large and sweet thatif you had one this minute you would say it wasthe best orange you ever ate. But the Mafa-. IT S A PLEASANT DAY, MY SUBJECT, SAIDTHE PRINCESS. balanians never used their oranges for anythingexcept pies, as they were far too common to eatout of hand. When Princess Miriel was nearing her twenty-first birthday, she went to a ball that her fathergave to the middle class. Each year he gave adozen balls. Some were given to the courtiersand those of royal blood, others were for themiddle class, and a grand ball was always givento the poor, at which the king danced with all,no matter how tattered they might be, and atthe end of the dances provided a huge supper. Oh, there is no doubt that he was a very fineking and was much beloved by all! At this special ball Amatoria came in hisordinary clothes, but he looked so princely, andhis bearing was so kindly, that Miriel fell inlove with him at once and told her father that ifhe wanted to make her happy he must let hermarry that noble youth. As for Amatoria, as soon as he saw the prin-cess he felt that he had never s
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