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THE LIGHT PRINCESS. |
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In the course of a hundred years the air might be as full of floating children as of gossamers in autumn."
" That is no business of ours," replied the queen. " Besides, by that time they will have learned to take care of themselves."
A sigh was the king's only answer.
He would have consulted the court physicians ; but he was afraid they would try experiments upon her. |
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SHE LAUGHS TOO MUCH.
Meantime, notwithstanding awkward occurrences, and griefs that she brought upon her parents, the little princess laughed and grew—not fat, but plump and tall. She reached the age of |
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