It was Prince Ricardo flying home on his Seven-league Boots . `` Hi , Ross ! '' he shouted , `` just weigh this beast 's head . I 've had a splendid day with a sea-monster . Get the head stuffed , will you ? We 'll have it set up in the billiard-room . '' `` Yes , Master Dick -- I mean your Royal Highness , '' said Ross , a Highland keeper , who had not previously been employed by a Reigning Family . `` It 's a fine head , whatever , '' he added , meditatively . -LCB- Ross weighing the beast 's head : p28.jpg -RCB- Prince Ricardo now came beneath the library window , and gave his parents a brief account of his adventure . `` I picked the monster up early in the morning , '' he said , `` through the magic telescope , father . '' `` What country was he in ? '' said the king . `` The country people whom I met called it Ethiopia . They were niggers . '' `` And in what part of the globe is Ethiopia , Ricardo ? '' `` Oh ! I do n't know . Asia , perhaps , '' answered the prince . The king groaned . `` That boy will never understand our foreign relations .
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