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 ! 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 XXXXX have been prettier . '
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