Page:The Violet Fairy Book.djvu/192

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been validated.
166
THE FAIRY OF THE DAWN

'You are grown up, Florea,' said Petru one day to his eldest brother; 'do go and ask father why one eye laughs and the other weeps.'

The Emperor whose right Eye laughed while his left Eye wept
The Emperor whose right Eye laughed while his left Eye wept

But Florea would not go. He had learnt by experience that this question always put the emperor in a rage.