The children's book; a collection of the best and most famous stories and poems in the English language (1910)
Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902 · Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company · leaf 212
fairly, that they did not perceive the em-peror. He rose on his tiptoes. What is all this ? said he, when he saw whatwas going on, and he boxed the princesss ears 33 with his slipper, just as the swineherd was takingthe eighty-sixth kiss. Off with you ! cried the emperor, for he wasvery angry; and… … ried the handsome young prince! Ah ! how unfortu- nate I am ! And the swine- herd went behind a tree, washed the black-and-browncolor from his face,threw off his dirtyclothes, and steppedforth in his princelyrobes; he lookedso noble that theprincess could nothelp bowing beforehim. lam come to…
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