-LCB- Chapter heading picture : p9.jpg -RCB- Prince Prigio and his Family . Well , the little prince grew up . I think I 've told you that his name was Prigio -- did I not ? Well , that was his name . You can not think how clever he was . He argued with his nurse as soon as he could speak , which was very soon . He argued that he did not like to be washed , because the soap got into his eyes . However , when he was told all about the pores of the skin , and how they could not be healthy if he was not washed , he at once ceased to resist , for he was very reasonable . He argued with his father that he did not see why there should be kings who were rich , while beggars were poor ; and why the king -- who was a little greedy -- should have poached eggs and plum-cake at afternoon tea , while many other persons went without dinner . The king was so surprised and hurt at these remarks that he boxed the prince 's ears , saying , `` I 'll teach you to be too clever , my lad . '' Then he remembered the awful curse of the oldest fairy , and was sorry for the rudeness of the queen . And when the prince , after having his ears boxed , said that `` force was no argument , '' the king went away in a rage . -LCB- Prigio reading a book : p11.jpg -RCB- Indeed , I can not tell you how the prince was hated by all ! He would go down into the kitchen , and show the cook how to make soup . He would visit the poor people 's cottage , and teach them how to make the beds , and how to make plum-pudding out of turnip-tops , and venison cutlets out of rusty bacon . 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 XXXXX his French teacher , and trying to get his German tutor not to eat peas with his knife .
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