He rushed at the King and Queen, flung them high into the air, so that
when they fell down, they too were broken all to pieces.
Then the soldiers and the people, who were all terribly frightened,
shouted in a great hurry, "Brave soldier, you shall be our King, and
the beautiful Princess shall be our Queen!"
And while they led the soldier to the royal carriage the great big
dogs bounded along in front.
Little boys whistled gaily, and the guards presented arms.
Then the Princess was sent for, and made Queen, which she liked much
better than living shut up in a copper palace. And the wedding feast
lasted for eight whole days, and the three monster wizard dogs sat at
the table, staring around them with all their eyes.
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BOOTS AND HIS BROTHERS
BY GEORGE WEBBE DASENT
Once on a time there was a man who had three sons, Peter, Paul, and
John. John was Boots, of course, because he was the youngest. I can't
say the man had anything more than these three sons, for he had n't
one penny to rub against another; and so he told his sons over and
over again they must go out into the world and try to earn their
bread, for there at home there was nothing to be looked for but
starving to death.
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