She certainly was not worth bringing from the other end of the world ! ' But she went on ordering them all about , and for no fault at all would give slaps and pinches to everyone she could reach . As the procession was so long it advanced but slowly , and the nurse 's daughter sat up in her carriage trying to look like a Queen . But the peacocks , who were sitting upon every tree waiting to salute her , and who had made up their minds to cry , ` Long live our beautiful Queen ! ' when they caught sight of the false bride could not help crying instead : ` Oh ! how ugly she is ! ' Which offended her so much that she said to the guards : ` Make haste and kill all these insolent peacocks who have dared to insult me . ' But the peacocks only flew away , laughing at her . The rogue of a boatman , who noticed all this , said softly to the nurse : ` This is a bad business for us , gossip ; your daughter ought to have been prettier . ' But she answered : ` Be quiet , stupid , or you will spoil everything . ' Now they told the King that the Princess was approaching . ` Well , ' said he , ` did her brothers tell me truly ? Is she prettier than her portrait ? ' ` Sire , ' they answered , ` if she were as pretty that would do very well . ' ` That 's true , ' said the King ; ' I for one shall be quite satisfied if she is . Let us go and meet her . ' For they knew by the uproar that she had arrived , but they could not tell what all the shouting was about . The King thought he could hear the words : ` How ugly she is ! How ugly she is ! ' and he fancied they must refer to some dwarf the Princess was bringing with her .
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