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Show LITTLE PRINCE WAS SHREWD Not Only Escaped Punishment, but Received Reward After Act of Carelessness. The patriarchal manners of the little lit-tle court of Montenegro are well Iraown. King Nicholas lives the simple sim-ple life of a shepherd king, and his wife has brought up her family herself. her-self. Every evening she used to bring the children round her, those daughters whom King Nicholas is once said to have mentioned In reply to the accusation that his country had no exports, and the son, Prince Da-nilo. Da-nilo. Every night she told them one of the legends of the Black Mountains from which their country takes its name and every night the little children chil-dren had in turn to tell her a story, the most successful being rewarded with a sweetmeat. One evening little Danilo was very thoughtful and refused to tell his story, saying he was really too sad. "Come, come, Danilo, I must insist," in-sist," said his mother. "A very short one, then." i "All right, a very short one." ' "And you will kiss me after I have told it?" "It's a promise." "Well, then. Once upon a time there was a Sevres vase, and I have just broken It." The Sevres vase was a present from the French republic, but Da-nilo's Da-nilo's mother had to keep her word and kiss the culprit. |
