I can tell you how to get a bag of gold , ' said she . ' I ask nothing better , ' said the boatman . ` Well , ' said the nurse , ` to-night , when the Princess is asleep , you must help me to throw her into the sea , and when she is drowned I will put her beautiful clothes upon my daughter , and we will take her to the King of the Peacocks , who will be only too glad to marry her , and as your reward you shall have your boat full of diamonds . ' The boatman was very much surprised at this proposal , and said : ` But what a pity to drown such a pretty Princess ! ' However , at last the nurse persuaded him to help her , and when the night came and the Princess was fast asleep as usual , with Frisk curled up on his own cushion at the foot of her bed , the wicked nurse fetched the boatman and her daughter , and between them they picked up the Princess , feather bed , mattress , pillows , blankets and all , and threw her into the sea , without even waking her . Now , luckily , the Princess 's bed was entirely stuffed with phoenix feathers , which are very rare , and have the property of always floating upon water , so Rosette went on swimming about as if she had been in a boat . After a little while she began to feel very cold , and turned round so often that she woke Frisk , who started up , and , having a very good nose , smelt the soles and herrings so close to him that he began to bark . He barked so long and so loud that he woke all the other fish , who came swimming up round the Princess 's bed , and poking at it with their great heads . As for her , she said to herself : ` How our boat does rock upon the water ! I am really glad that I am not often as uncomfortable as I have been to-night . ' The wicked nurse and the boatman , who were by this time quite a long way off , heard Frisk barking , and said to each other : ` That horrid little animal and his mistress are drinking our health in sea-water now . Let us make haste to land , for we must be quite near the city of the King of the Peacocks . ' The King had sent a hundred carriages to meet them , drawn by every kind of strange animal . There were lions , bears , wolves , stags , horses , buffaloes , eagles , and peacocks . The carriage intended for the Princess Rosette had six blue monkeys , which could turn summer-saults , and dance on a tight-rope , and do many other charming tricks . Their harness was all of crimson velvet with gold buckles , and behind the carriage walked sixty beautiful ladies chosen by the King to wait upon Rosette and amuse her . The nurse had taken all the pains imaginable to deck out her daughter . She put on her Rosette 's prettiest frock , and covered her with diamonds from head to foot . But she was so ugly that nothing could make her look nice , and what was worse , she was sulky and ill-tempered , and did nothing but grumble all the time . When she stepped from the boat and the escort sent by the King of the Peacocks caught sight of her , they were so surprised that they could not say a single word .
` Now then , look alive , ' cried the false XXXXX .
Frisk King Princess Rosette drowned herrings mattress night sea-water to-night