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THE QUEEN'S TRIPLETS.
water-rats, and the magic boat shot up like a catapult, and the Green Prince stepped on deck all dry and dusty, and with the air of a draggled dragon-fly.
"Good evening, hast thou er—scotched the Serpent? stammered the Blue Prince, taken aback. "No, [ haven't even seen anything of him," growled the Green Prince. "I have skimmed along the entire surface of the ocean, and sailed every inch beneath it, but nowhere
