| Show r frig household wordel F R an C F BULL I 1 1 3 1 A FAIRY tabe TALE BULB L i V frigiano england eri Fri giand gland TAPE official routine and a n d once orce upon a time and of oi carse course it was irethe goeden golden ageana age ape and I 1 hope that thal you may know when ili ill that was abor for I 1 am sure sune I 1 dont though I 1 have tried to ga out olit heri berj knevin a a tica fertile country try a powerful prince name was bull he hb had bad gone through a great deal of fighting in in his time about all sorts sorta of including nothing bat but had graap gradually liy lly settled down to be a steady dence nence peaceable ible ihle good rather sleepy princ Prince this sant prince vas married to a lomy lovely princess whose ham hame iwa fair fredd freedom m she had brought him a large fortune and had bad borne boie i him an immense number num berof of children and had set I 1 them to pinning spinning and farming and engineering engl engi and soldiering and anc sai sal sailo lorin Vinz and doc doctorine Ginz P and la ns and frfd rfd all sorts of f trades the comfers coffers cf prince bulf bult were vare full of tre treasure 1 asure asuro his cellars were with mith delicious wines from from all parts of the thy e world ille lile be richest gold brid arid ilver silver plate whatever that ever was seen adorned his sideboards hi hes his son sons were strong his daugh daughters teis were handsome in alid hild in lh shott short ya you might have supposed that if tg there ee ever ever ahe ived lived dpn earth a fortunate and ha happy prince the iame name of that prince ake him for all ali in 11 pit II was a assuredly s prince bull bill but aphea appearances aces as aibe ve all know ire are not ot always tobe trial triai ted faiben far from it and if they had bail led you to this ibis conclusion re pectin prince buil bull they thes would have havelec I 1 led youa wrong 11 as ai they often have havo led rge moe roe for this good prince sharp thorn chorni in his is pillow knobs in his hid crown two heavy loads oh ius ins his lus mind two nightmares ari res in ili lil his hig sleep le cp two rocks rock 9 ahead iphis iylis course I 1 he rd could not by any rnea inea means hs fket feet ket kot servants to suit sult t him bim and heyada lilliad a tyrannical 0 old oid ld godmother flipse e name was tape she wasa waka fa ity this tape and las was a bright red all orlin over she xiaq was wai pim and ard formal never near nemr ne ar a halls hails breadth this way sr or that chat way opt of bi her tier naturally crook ed shape but she was deiy delv very verv potent in irr her wicked art shi she stop the worm chan gehe strongest thi thag jig into the weakest and ite lie the most useful into trie frie V most useless to do this she e had only to put rut dut nut her hir harpold nold noid hanl hani j nion J n it and re ie P peat eat jerown nagle dirae ip T a pc th then it withered away i at the court of prince buli bull at least nean trean literally lit fit brally at hi his s court beca beep lise tise be wag was a ve very 7 canteel genteel prince and readily yielded to h his godi otis mother when she always reserved that annis for his hereditary I lords lorda orda an ank ladies in the d dominions orn inions of bf prince bull ball amold the great masi mant mrk mis of therom the community who viere were called in the language of that polite country the and snobs were a number of very i ery cry ingen ingenious ious ions men who were abw always a YS busy with some invention invention or other for promoting tl the prosperity of fhe the princes subjects and augmenting men ink ing the prince Princey pow power er but whenever ei they submitted bitted their models for fon fo the princes approval his godmother r stepped forward laid be her hen rlland riland hand band n upon on them hero and said sald tape tane hence it cima cume to va fass pass that wilm any particularly bood d s was made the usually ally aily carried atoff to some other prince in foreign parts ports who had bed no old ou godmother who said tape this was va not pot not on the whole an advantageous state cf ef thin things s for prince bull to the bet of understand understanding in the korst worst of it wa waz that prince bull bail had in course of years japsen into info such a state of subi PC ec to ion lon n to hi unlucky godmother that he never made any serious effort for obid orid id himself of her tyranny r 1 I 1 have said this was the worst of it but there I 1 was wrong wron because there 1 y a worse consequence stil still ath n 4 ohp th orifices numerous family became 0 so o very downright sick sich and tired of rape tape that they they should shout J have helped the p prince rince out of difficulties into which that evil creature led him bim they fell into a dangerous habit babit of keeping from him in an impassive and indifferent mahner manner as though they had quite forgotten that no harm barm could happen to the asin prince ce their father without its inevitably affecting them selves dich wa wass the aspect t hect of affairs a at the nourt court of Prin ceBull when this thil great rince Prince found it necessary to go fo to war with prince bear he hod had been for some time tune very doubtful of hi servants syo iyo who beside besides being leing indolent AM and addic addicted ted teA to enrich their families at his hi expense domineered domine ered over hun vim dreadfully threatening to di d archarge themselves if they were fouad the least fault with pretending that they J had done a wonderful of word when wim they jey hii hid done aone nourine makim ni ahins akins the most moat unmeaning speeches that ever were heard beard in the princes name and uniformly showing bowing themselves to be very inefficient indeed thong though I 1 that some ct of IL them bad llad excel excellent lent character from previous situations is not ta 0 o be denied well weli prince bull called his hia sen ser pants rants together and aral baid said to them all send seni out rny my army against prince bear Clot ciot clothe heit helt it arm it feed it provide it with all necess Decess necessaries iries irles and alid contingencies and I 1 will pay the piper jo do your guty cuty my brave troops ald aid said the prince and do it well and I 1 will pour my treasure unhesitatingly like warr to defray the cos cog cost f who ever heard hearl me comp complain coi aphin liin of money well laid cutill out oct which indeed he had reason for saving saying inasmuch as he was wag well known to be a truly generous and munificent ent tnt prince aben the servants heard bend d thoe those words they sent put the army ag ainest against prince bear and sel set the he army tailors to work and lle ile lie file army provision merchants and the makers of guns both great and small and flie he gunpowder makers and aad the makers of ball bail baur heil shell bell and shot and they bought UP tip all I 1 mahner manner of c stores and ships without troubling lim th their r headd about the price and ard appeared to b be e 1 so L bust LUST figr hat the good gov prince rubbed his big hands ani awl ii aliz a favor t eliw of ids his saia said baid les leg its ifa 4 in r u P I 1 bin bill white while bite hite bile they hey were ilus his employed the prin princes i cell celi godmother who wa was a creat great favorite with those servant looked in upon them continually all lay day ion lon I 1 P ng and whenever she po im in her ber headst heas head at the door gaid said ah how ow do oolf voir VOIT do dd my my children what arh are are abil you i doi dol bloing 1 here herp 1 01 i 4 T 1 1 i 1 official bif business lne ineas ine gs godmother oho say sayi this wicked fairy tape and then all ail at the business went wrong r it was wasi and he the servants heads became so addled and muddled that they thought they ihly were doing doine wonders nov now thi this was very bad conduct condu ct on the part cf f the V vicious ic oust old oid nuisance and nd she douht to ta havel beena strangled even if she had stopped here bere but hut she stop hers as you shall soon learn for foi a number rf f f the princes subjects subject si being beins very fond of the princes Princ ps army who were the bravest J of men assembled together and provided provid pd all man hen der of eatables and drinkables drin kables and books to read and ard clothes to wear and tobacco to smoke and candies candles to burns burn and nailed them up in great pack nack lna ina cases crises and put pt them aboard a great many ships ship to be car carried r led out to that brave army in the roid rold d and inclement country where they were pi ince bear then up tip comes cornea this ibis wick fairy a t the shins were weighing anchon anchor and avs pays ays how do vou voul do my children what are you doing here i sav we e are going with all ail these comforts to the fhe army godmother god pod mother oho 1 I sava rays she FA F A pleasant voyage my darling s ta tape ea ad and from that time forth those enchanted ships went sailing against wind and tide and rueme brize brine and reason round roun dand and bound found the world and whenever they ibey they touched at any port were ordered off immediately and nod could never deliver their car cat care carf foes oes 0 this thia again wp was s very had conduct on the part of oie bie vicious old oid nuisance and she ought to have been strangled for it if she had done nothing worse but she did something worse still as you yon oil shIl shall shii learn forsbe forshe for she got astride of an official broomstick and muttered as a spell these two sentences OB on hen her cje service 11 and 1 I have the honor tob to be esir esin sir sin your most obed obedient lent servant and presently alighted in the cold and inclement country where thearty the army of prince bull were rn camped to ficht fight the army of prince bear onabe on the that country she found piled together a number humber 0 of f houses douses for the army to live in and a quantity U antiey of provisions for lle ile flie lie army to live upon an 11 14 A a quan Vt of clothes for ilie the army to war gar while sifting sitting in the mud gazing at them were a group of officers as red to look at as I 1 the he wicked old woman bomart herself so she said to t one e of then whobrey who arey are you oil my darling and ho how do you do 1 I am the quartermaster quarter master masten generals Gene pen raila eraVa department godmother and I 1 am pretty prefix well 11 then slie she said sald to another who are you my darling a and d bow how do mi you 30 do 1 I im am t the e commissariat department godmother and iam jam am pretty well weli 31 4 then hen she said to another who a are re yon my darl darling and how do yon dool do gai 1 I am in the head 0 of f the medical dep den department godmother and F r am pretty well weil dellill then she ghe said to 10 some gentlemen scented with lavender who wiio kept themselves at a great distance from the rest reit I and anil who are you my pretty T lets nets and how bow do you vou do doyi aud and thy they answered we aw ar are e the fhe aw aw department godmother and we are very well indeed 1 I am deli deil delight hotd to see you jou y on ali ail all ill mv beauties says this wicked old fairy 11 tape tane upon that the houses clothes and provisions all moul dered away and the soldiers who were sound fell sic sick kand kana and the soldiers who were sick died didt miserably the noble army of prince bull perished when the dial news of bi hs s great los lobs was carried to 10 the prince he suspected his godmother much indeed but bid he lie knew that his servants must have kept cotanny camran Y with the malicious beldame bellame Bel dame and must have given way to td her and therefore h he 0 resolved to 0 o turn those servants wants out of their place places S so he called to him a roebuck wh had bad the gift oe of speech speed and he said good roebuck tell them her hey mih elt go zo so the good roebuck faithfully delivered chiq ha me menage sage so like a man that you von easily might h ave aim nim to be bothin no nothing thin t but a man roan ant and they th ey were turned ont out but no not i without t warning g for that they had had a long time and now comes camos the most extraordinary part of the history of this prince when he be had hid turned out tile file servants servant ser vant pant of conre corime he wanted some others what was his astonishment to find that in all his dominions dominion which contained no les than even millions of people there were not more than ihan five and twenty ner Oer servants vanis all together they were so lofty about it too ton that instead of I 1 discussing whether t they b e y S should bo ill uil d hire themselves as ser servants vadis vanig to 6 prince bull hev they hey turned things topsy and considered con S whether as a favor ther they should hire prince bull to be their maser while I 1 ev pre arguing this thir twett amone amon themselves quite bite at leisi leisure tre lre the wicked old red fa rv was in in cessn 1 g going g cupani up and down knock knockin knocking in at twelve of the oldest of the five an and 1 twenty who were the oldest inhabitant in ill all all ali that country and whose united age aces 3 amounted to one thousand saying vil vii willyce Wil Wi nyna lyca hire prince B bull lall for your your master to which on oae one e answered 1 0 1 I will if next door will and other 1 41 I wont if over the way doe does and other 1 I cant rant if lie he she or they might lii iii ight could or should and all this time prince bulls bulis affairs were going to rack and ruin at last prince bull in the height of his perplexity assumed a thoughtful face as if it ile he were struck by an entirely new idea the wicked old fairy seeing taij was at his elbow directly and said how do vou do my prince and what are you thinking of ul 1 I am thinking to godmother 17 sav savil he be that among all the seve seven n and twenty millions of nit KIT subjects wili hae bae never bee beel beebi i in service there a are ae e men of intellect ardd arid business who have made mb tery both among my ray friends a and en emes em es 11 aye truly says ile fairy aye truly says the prince 1 and t theu theo says th the e X jairy i ry I why then th en says say 9 he since ther eulan eular ur old class clas of serva servants ti do so ill are shard shand y band bard to tuffet and carry it with so bich a hard hand por perhaps aps I 1 xai t try rv to make good rood ser ber ferrans rans Is of some om f apse the words had no sooner passed hicls his bips jhan than she returned I 1 chucklin chuc kiln kliu you think so do you indeed my prince aal p ll 11 T thereupon h he be directly corpt what be ne was th inkins in of and cri crl cried 1 ed out lamentably to the old servants oy do cone corpe conrand and hire your jour poor old nia caa nta sterl pray pry do 0 ol 01 i any atef term and this for the arl present nt finishes the story of prince bull I 1 aisil 1 could wind it up by saying that lie he lived happy ever afterwards afier afler wards us r 8 out olt I 1 cannot in in my co conscience L do desp so for with tape at his elbow and his en e d children children fatally repel repelled led by dyher iier ifer ar from coming cociu rear him bim r do not dot to tell voi the plain truth believe in the uhe ability of af such end to it |
