`` You 'll take the usual Sword of Sharpness , '' said his Majesty . `` What , sir , to a dwarf ? Not I , indeed : a common small sword is good enough to settle him . '' `` They say he is very cunning of fence , '' said the king ; `` and besides , I have heard something of a diamond sword that he stole from the King of the Golden Mines . '' `` Very likely he has lost it or sold it , the shabby little miscreant ; however , I 'll risk it . And now I must make my preparations . '' The king did not ask what they were ; as a rule , they were simple . But , being in the shop of the optician that day , standing with his back to the door , he heard Dick come in and order a pair of rose-coloured spectacles , with which he was at once provided . The people of Pantouflia were accustomed to wear them , saying that they improved the complexions of ladies whom they met , and added cheerfulness to things in general . `` Just plain rose-coloured glass , Herr Spex , '' said Dick , `` I 'm not short - sighted . '' `` The boy is beginning to show some sense , '' said the king to himself , knowing the nature and the difficulties of the expedition . Ricardo did not disguise his intention of taking with him a Dandie Dinmont terrier , named Pepper , and the king , who understood the motive of this precaution , silently approved . `` The lad has come to some purpose and forethought , '' the king said , and he gladly advanced a considerable sum for the purchase of crocodiles ' eggs , which can rarely be got quite fresh . When Jaqueline had made the crocodiles ' eggs , with millet-seed and sugar-candy , into a cake for the Dwarf 's lions , Ricardo announced that his preparations were complete . Not to be the mere slave of custom , he made this expedition on horseback , and the only magical thing he took with him was the Cap of Darkness -LRB- the one which would not work , but he did not know that -RRB- , and this he put in his pocket for future use . With plenty of egg sandwiches and marmalade sandwiches , and cold minced-collop sandwiches , he pricked forth into the wilderness , making for the country inhabited by the Yellow Dwarf . The princess was glad he was riding , for she privately accompanied him in the disguise of a wasp ; and a wasp , of course , could not have kept up with him in his Seven-league Boots . `` Hang that wops ! '' said Prince Ricardo several times , buffeting it with his pocket-handkerchief when it buzzed in his ear and round his horse 's head . -LCB- `` Hang that wops ! ''
said Prince XXXXX : p129.jpg -RCB- Meanwhile , King Prigio had taken his precautions , which were perfectly simple .
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