Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894, Bayes, Alfred Walter, 1832-1909, ill · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 216
only stir itround! Cannot any one else do that ? asked the Mouse King. No, replied the Mouse. The power is contained only in the tailof the Mouse King. And the water boiled and bubbled, and the Mouse King stood closebeside the kettle—there was almost danger in it—and he put forth histail, as the… … THE MOUSE KING UNDERSTANDS HOW THE SOUP IS MADE. Of course—certainly you are my Queen, he said. Well adjournthe soup question till our golden wedding in fifty years time, so thatthe poor of my subjects, who will then be fed, may have something towhich they can look forward with pleasure for a long…
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