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My own fairy book : namely certain Chronicles of Pantouflia, as notably the adventures of Prigio, prince of that country, and of his son Ricardo, with an excerpt from the Annals of Scotland, as touching Ker of Fairnilee, his sojourn with the Queen of Faery (1903)

Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, Browne, Gordon, 1858-1932, ill, Scott, T., ill, Lemann, E. A., ill · New York : Longmans, Green · leaf 32

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rs were dried up.The grass did not grow. The corn did notgrow. Thethermom-eters ex-ploded withheat. Thebarometersstood atSET FAIR.The peoplewere muchdistressed,and cameand brokethe palace win-dows—as theyusually do whenthings go wrongin Pantouflia. The king con-sulted the learnedmen about theCourt,… … 16 PRINCE rRIGIO. rible and cruel beast cannot be imagined ; for,if you go near it, you are at once broiled bythe Fircdrake. But the king was not ill-pleased: for,thought he, of course my three sons mustgo after the brute, the eldest first; and, asusual, it will kill the first two, and be beatenby…

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