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 Princess . ` If you do n't bring me something to eat I will have all your heads cut off ! ' Then they whispered one to another : ` Here 's a pretty state of things ! she is as wicked as she is ugly . What a bride for our poor King !
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