The prince did not like the looks of him . -LCB- The Prince looking through the telescope : p59.jpg -RCB- `` With all my cap of darkness , and my shoes of swiftness , and my sword of sharpness , I never could get near that beast , '' he said ; `` and if I did stalk him , I could not hurt him . Poor little Alphonso ! poor Enrico ! what plucky fellows they were ! I fancied that there was no such thing as a Firedrake : he 's not in the Natural History books , and I thought the boys were only making fun , and would be back soon , safe and sound . How horrid being too clever makes one ! And now , what am I to do ? '' -LCB- The Remora : p60.jpg -RCB- What was he to do , indeed ? And what would you have done ? Bring the horns and tail he must , or perish in the adventure . Otherwise , how could he meet his lady ? -- why , she would think him a mere braggart ! The prince sat down , and thought and thought ; and the day went on , and it was now high noon . At last he jumped up and rushed into the library , a room where nobody ever went except himself and the queen . There he turned the books upside down , in his haste , till he found an old one , by a French gentleman , Monsieur Cyrano de Bergerac . It was an account of a voyage to the moon , in which there is a great deal of information about matters not generally known ; for few travellers have been to the moon . In that book , Prince Prigio fancied he would find something he half remembered , and that would be of use to him . And he did ! So you see that cleverness , and minding your book , have some advantages , after all .
For here the prince learned that there is a very rare beast , called a XXXXX , which is at least as cold as the Firedrake is hot !
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