He showed the fencing-master how to fence , and the professional cricketer how to bowl , and instructed the rat-catcher in breeding terriers . He set sums to the Chancellor of the Exchequer , and assured the Astronomer Royal that the sun does not go round the earth -- which , for my part , I believe it does . The young ladies of the court disliked dancing with him , in spite of his good looks , because he was always asking , `` Have you read this ? '' and `` Have you read that ? '' -- and when they said they had n't , he sneered ; and when they said they had , he found them out . He found out all his tutors and masters in the same horrid way ; correcting the accent of his French teacher , and trying to get his German tutor not to eat peas with his knife . He also endeavoured to teach the queen-dowager , his grandmother , an art with which she had long been perfectly familiar ! In fact , he knew everything better than anybody else ; and the worst of it was that he did : and he never was in the wrong , and he always said , `` Did n't I tell you so ? '' And , what was more , he had ! -LSB- Illustration : page 12 -RSB- As time went on , Prince Prigio had two younger brothers , whom everybody liked : They were not a bit clever , but jolly . Prince Alphonso , the third son , was round , fat , good-humoured , and as brave as a lion . Prince Enrico , the second , was tall , thin , and a `` little sad , but never too clever . '' Both were in love with two of their own cousins -LRB- with the approval of their dear parents -RRB- ; and all the world said , `` What nice , unaffected princes they are ! '' But Prigio nearly got the country into several wars by being too clever for the foreign ambassadors . Now , as Pantouflia was a rich , lazy country , which hated fighting , this was very unpleasant , and did not make people love Prince Prigio any better . -LSB- Illustration : Chapter Three -RSB- CHAPTER III . -- About the Firedrake . OF all the people who did not like Prigio , his own dear papa , King Grognio , disliked him most . For the king knew he was not clever himself . When he was in the counting-house , counting out his money , and when he happened to say , `` Sixteen shillings and fourteen and twopence are three pounds , fifteen , '' it made him wild to hear Prigio whisper , `` One pound , ten and twopence , '' -- which , of course , it is .
And the king was afraid that XXXXX would conspire , and get made king himself -- which was the last thing Prigio really wanted .
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