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 34
s the king said, hoping that either theFiredrake would roast Prince Prigio alive(which he could easily do, as I have said; forhe is all over as hot as a red-hot poker), or that,if the prince succeeded, at least h:s countrywould be freed from the monster. But the prince, who was lying on the… … I 8 PRINCE PRIG 10. lous animal which does not exist. But evengranting, for the sake of argument, that thereis a Firedrake, your majesty is well aware thatthere is no kind of use in sending me. It isalways the eldest son who goes out first, andcomes to grief on these occasions, and it isalways the…
Fairy tales
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