oh no ! ' Then she said : ` You must take us , you must take us . ' And he answered : ` Very soon , very soon . ' Then the nurse said : ` Will you take us ? will you take us ? ' And the boatman answered : ` Yes , yes . ' Then she whispered in his ear : ` Do you want to make your fortune ? ' And he said : ` Certainly I do . ' ' I can tell you how to get a bag of gold , ' said she . ' I ask nothing better , ' said the boatman . ` Well , ' said the nurse , ` to-night , when the Princess is asleep , you must help me to throw her into the sea , and when she is drowned I will put her beautiful clothes upon my daughter , and we will take her to the King of the Peacocks , who will be only too glad to marry her , and as your reward you shall have your boat full of diamonds . ' The boatman was very much surprised at this proposal , and said : ` But what a pity to drown such a pretty Princess ! ' However , at last the nurse persuaded him to help her , and when the night came and the Princess was fast asleep as usual , with Frisk curled up on his own cushion at the foot of her bed , the wicked nurse fetched the boatman and her daughter , and between them they picked up the Princess , feather bed , mattress , pillows , blankets and all , and threw her into the sea , without even waking her . 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 . '
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