I loved your father as if he had been my brother . Now he had a very handsome nose ! '' `` And pray what does mine lack ? '' said the Prince . `` Oh ! it does n't lack anything , '' replied the Fairy . `` On the contrary quite , there is only too much of it . But never mind , one may be a very worthy man though his nose is too long . I was telling you that I was your father 's friend ; he often came to see me in the old times , and you must know that I was very pretty in those days ; at least , he used to say so . I should like to tell you of a conversation we had the last time I ever saw him . '' `` Indeed , '' said the Prince , `` when I have supped it will give me the greatest pleasure to hear it ; but consider , madam , I beg of you , that I have had nothing to eat to-day . '' `` The poor boy is right , '' said the Fairy ; `` I was forgetting . Come in , then , and I will give you some supper , and while you are eating I can tell you my story in a very few words -- for I do n't like endless tales myself . Too long a tongue is worse than too long a nose , and I remember when I was young that I was so much admired for not being a great chatterer . They used to tell the Queen , my mother , that it was so . For though you see what I am now , I was the daughter of a great king . My father -- '' `` Your father , I dare say , got something to eat when he was hungry ! '' interrupted the Prince . `` Oh ! certainly , '' answered the Fairy , `` and you also shall have supper directly .
I only just wanted to tell you -- '' `` But I really can not listen to anything until I have had something to eat , '' cried the XXXXX , who was getting quite angry ; but then , remembering that he had better be polite as he much needed the Fairy 's help , he added : `` I know that in the pleasure of listening to you I should quite forget my own hunger ; but my horse , who can not hear you , must really be fed ! ''
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