`` It should be here ! '' he cried , tossing the fairies ' gifts about ; `` and , by George , here it is ! '' Indeed , he had found the spyglass of carved ivory which Prince Ali , in the Arabian Nights , bought in the bazaar in Schiraz . Now , this glass was made so that , by looking through it , you could see anybody or anything you wished , however far away . Prigio 's first idea was to look at his lady . `` But she does not expect to be looked at , '' he thought ; `` and I wo n't ! '' On the other hand , he determined to look at the Firedrake ; for , of course , he had no delicacy about spying on him , the brute . The prince clapped the glass to his eye , stared out of window , and there , sure enough , he saw the Firedrake . He was floating about in a sea of molten lava , on the top of a volcano . There he was , swimming and diving for pleasure , tossing up the flaming waves , and blowing fountains of fire out of his nostrils , like a whale spouting ! -LSB- Illustration : Page 44 -RSB- The prince did not like the looks of him . `` With all my cap of darkness , and my shoes of swiftness , and my sword of sharpness , I never could get near that beast , '' he said ; `` and if I did stalk him , I could not hurt him . Poor little Alphonso ! poor Enrico ! what plucky fellows they were ! I fancied that there was no such thing as a Firedrake : he 's not in the Natural History books ; and I thought the boys were only making fun , and would be back soon , safe and sound . How horrid being too clever makes one ! And now , what am I to do ? '' What was he to do , indeed ? And what would you have done ?
Bring the horns and tail he must , or perish XXXXX the adventure .
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