mself, that there is noneso great as a King, but what of the Queen that must sharehis dignity? With what grace would she sit beside meon the throne with a yard of black pudding for a nose ? In this dilemma he resolved to put the case to Fanny,and to leave her to decide whether she would rather bea… … truth to tell, this new ornament did not set off her beauty THE-RIDICULOUS-WISHES dreamt of a crown and sceptre, yet a womans first wishis always to please. To this great desire all else mustyield, and Fanny would rather be fair in drugget thanbe a Queen with an ugly face. Thus our woodcutter did…
Fairy tales · Folklore -- France
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