However , next day he started , with a spear , a patent refrigerator , and a lot of the bottles people throw at fires to put them out . But he never came back again ! After shedding torrents of tears , the king summoned Prince Prigio to his presence . `` Dastard ! '' he said . `` Poltroon ! Your turn , which should have come first , has arrived at last . You must fetch me the horns and the tail of the Firedrake . Probably you will be grilled , thank goodness ; but who will give me back Enrico and Alphonso ? '' `` Indeed , your majesty , '' said Prigio , `` you must permit me to correct your policy . Your only reason for dispatching your sons in pursuit of this dangerous but I believe fabulous animal , was to ascertain which of us would most worthily succeed to your throne , at the date -- long may it be deferred ! -- of your lamented decease . Now , there can be no further question about the matter . I , unworthy as I am , represent the sole hope of the royal family . Therefore to send me after the Firedrake were -LCB- 25 -RCB- both dangerous and unnecessary . Dangerous , because , if he treats me as you say he did my brothers -- my unhappy brothers , -- the throne of Pantouflia will want an heir . But , if I do come back alive -- why , I can not be more the true heir than I am at present ; now can I ? Ask the Lord Chief Justice , if you do n't believe me . '' These arguments were so clearly and undeniably correct that the king , unable to answer them , withdrew into a solitary place where he could express himself with freedom , and give rein to his expression . CHAPTER IV .
How Prince XXXXX was Deserted by Everybody .
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