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How the King Chose His Wife
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While each damsel tried, as a matter of pride,
To see who the largest amount could provide.
And his. horse, which seemed to approve the whole matter,
Kept on every day growing fatter and fatter.
To see who the largest amount could provide.
And his. horse, which seemed to approve the whole matter,
Kept on every day growing fatter and fatter.
“And begged for his horse the bits of rich dough.”
Some weeks had thus passed when the cavalcade stood
In front of a house at the edge of a woad,
From whose shadows came tipping a shy little maid,
Abashed by the splendor before her displayed.
She heard with surprise the king’s usual question,
And gasped with dismay at the very suggestion,
“Rlhe scrapings of deugh? I’m sorry it ’s so,
But I never have even a crumb left, you know:
In front of a house at the edge of a woad,
From whose shadows came tipping a shy little maid,
Abashed by the splendor before her displayed.
She heard with surprise the king’s usual question,
And gasped with dismay at the very suggestion,
“Rlhe scrapings of deugh? I’m sorry it ’s so,
But I never have even a crumb left, you know:
