There was great fright and some laughter , and the king , after he wiped the blood from his forehead , looked very cross at the eldest prince . ` My lord , ' says he , ` I 'm very sorry for this accident , but I 'm not to blame . I saw the young smith get into the carriage , and we never stopped a minute since . ' ` It 's uncivil you were to him . Go , ' says he to the other prince , ` and bring the young smith here , and be polite . ' ` Never fear , ' says he . But there 's some people that could n't be good-natured if they tried , and not a bit civiller was the new messenger than the old , and when the king opened the carriage door a second time , it 's shower of mud that came down on him . ` There 's no use , ' says he , ` going on this way . The fox never got a better messenger than himself . ' So he changed his clothes , and washed himself , and out he set to the prince 's forge and asked him to sit along with himself . The prince begged to be allowed to sit in the other carriage , and when they were half-way he opened his snuff-box . ` Master , ' says he , ` I 'd wish to be dressed now according to my rank . ' ` You shall be that , ' says Seven Inches . ` And now I 'll bid you farewell . Continue as good and kind as you always were ; love your wife ; and that 's all the advice I 'll give you . ' So Seven Inches vanished ; and when the carriage door was opened in the yard , out walks the prince as fine as hands could make him , and the first thing he did was to run over to his bride and embrace her . Every one was full of joy but the two other princes . There was not much delay about the marriages , and they were all celebrated on the one day . Soon after , the two elder couples went to their own courts , but the youngest pair stayed with the old king , and they were as happy as the happiest married couple you ever heard of in a story . From ` West Highland Tales . '
The Story of a Very Bad Boy Once upon a time there lived XXXXX a little village in the very middle of France a widow and her only son , a boy about fifteen , whose name was Antoine , though no one ever called him anything but Toueno-Boueno .
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