. Tales of fantasy . ned, and destroyed. Never wassuch a spectacle of wicked mischief. It was as if hayhad been made of everything he possessed. What wasworse, he had not a penny in his pocket to buy newthings; and his father had stopped his allowance offifty thousand pounds a month. Can you imagine anything more cruel and unjustthan this conduct? for it was not the princes faultthat he was so clever. The cruel fairy had made himso. But, even if the prince had been born clever (asmay have happened to you), was he to be blamed forthat? The other people were just as much in faultfor being born s
. Tales of fantasy . ned, and destroyed. Never wassuch a spectacle of wicked mischief. It was as if hayhad been made of everything he possessed. What wasworse, he had not a penny in his pocket to buy newthings; and his father had stopped his allowance offifty thousand pounds a month. Can you imagine anything more cruel and unjustthan this conduct? for it was not the princes faultthat he was so clever. The cruel fairy had made himso. But, even if the prince had been born clever (asmay have happened to you), was he to be blamed forthat? The other people were just as much in faultfor being born so stupid; but the world, my dear chil- ISO- Tales of Fantasy dren, can never be induced to remember this. If youare clever, you will find it best not to let people knowit - - if you want them to like you. Well, here was the prince in a pretty plight. Not apound in his pocket, not a pair of boots to wear, noteven a cap to cover his head from the rain; nothingbut cold meat to eat, and never a servant to answer Prince Prigio 131
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