The adventures of Prince Prigio and of his son, Prince Ricardo (1900) (14589992157)

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Title: The adventures of Prince Prigio and of his son, Prince Ricardo
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
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Publisher: New York : A. L. Burt
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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the royal waistcoat,flew to the kings ear, twittered, pointed out of 230 PRINCE PRIGIO. the window witli one claw, and lying down onLis back, pretended to be dead. Then he gotlip again, twittered afresh, pointed to the wish-ing cap, and finally convinced the king thatthis was no common fowl. An enchanted prince or princess, saidPrigio, such as I have often read of. Whocan it be ? Not Jaqueline ; she could changeherself back in a moment. By the way, whereis Jaqueline ? He rang the bell, and asked the servant tolook for the princess. Semiramis tried to come in, but was caughtand shut up downstairs. After doing this, the man replied that herroyal highness had not been in the palace allday. The king rushed to the crystal ball, lookedall the world over; but no princess! He be-came very nervous, and at that moment Dicklighted on the crystal ball, and put his claw onche very hill where Jaqueline had disappeared.Tbe.i he cocked his little eye at the king. Nay, she is somewhere in the unknown
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PRINCE RICARDO. 231 center of South America, said bis majesty;^ somewhere behind Mount Roraima, wherenobody has ever been. I must look into this. Then he put on the wishing cap, and wishedthat the bird would assume his natural shape ifhe was under enchantment, as there seemed toogood reason to believe. Instantly Dick stood before him. Ricardo ! cried the king in horror; *^ andin this disguise ! Where have you l)een ? Whathave yon done with Jaqueline ? Where are theseven-league boots ? Where is the sword ofsharpness ? Speak! Get i\))! for Dick waskneeling and weeping bitterly at the royalfeet. All lost!.said Dick. Poor Jaqueline!she was the best girl, and the prettiest, and thekindest. And the Earthquakers got her, andthe Giants got the other things, Dick ended,crying bitterly. Calm yourself, Ricardo, said his majesty,very pale, but calm and determined. Here,take a glass of port, and explain how all thishappened. 232 PRI^XE PRIGIO. Dick drank the wine, and then he told hismiserable sto