Jenks, Tudor, 1857-1922, ed · Boston, Hall and Locke Company · leaf 167
to believein seven-league boots. Yet he had a pair on at thatvery moment, and it was they which had carried himin three strides from the palace to Gluckstein! The truth is, that the prince, in looking about thepalace for clothes, had found his way into that veryold lumber-room where the magical… … take those prodigious steps when you say you want togo a long distance. Otherwise they would be veryinconvenient — when you only want to cross the room,for example. Perhaps this has not been explained toyou by your governess ? Well, the prince walked into The Bear, and itseemed odd to him that…
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