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THE LIGHT PRINCESS. |
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Now I cannot tell how it came about, — whether she pretended to be drowning, or whether he frightened her, or caught her so as to embarrass her,—but certainly he brought her to shore in a fashion ignominious to a swimmer, and more nearly drowned than she had ever expected to be; for the water had got into her throat as often as she had tried to speak.
At the place to which he bore her, the bank was only a foot or two above the water; so he gave her a strong lift out of the water, to lay her on the bank. But, her gravitation ceasing the moment she left the water, away she went up into the air, scolding and screaming.
" You naughty, naughty, NAUGHTY, N A UGHT Y man ! " she cried.
No one had ever succeeded in putting her into a passion before.—When the prince saw her ascend, he thought he must have been bewitched, |
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