Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 637
fortune. But I dont want to be king! protested thegardener. I did nt guess your old riddle onpurpose. That does not make a particle of difference! All that day and the next, the sky remainedblue and the soft breezes gently whisperedthrough the rigging; but the third day, a terrifictempest came down… … SO IT WENT ON, DAY AFTER DAY, UNTIL NEARLY ALL THE ANSWERS WERE IN. shouted the King, gleefully. You guessed it allright, and now you are going to take the job,whether you like it or not. But your crown is too big for me ! cried thegardener, catching at a straw. Put a cushion inside of it, then,…
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