The princess was glad he was riding , for she privately accompanied him in the disguise of a wasp ; and a wasp , of course , could not have kept up with him in his Seven-league Boots . `` Hang that wops ! '' said Prince Ricardo several times , buffeting it with his pocket-handkerchief when it buzzed in his ear and round his horse 's head . -LCB- `` Hang that wops ! '' said Prince Ricardo : p129.jpg -RCB- Meanwhile , King Prigio had taken his precautions , which were perfectly simple . When he thought Ricardo was getting near the place , the king put on his Wishing Cap , sat down before the magic crystal ball , and kept his eye on the proceedings , being ready to wish the right thing to help Ricardo at the right moment . He left the window wide open , smoked his cigar , and seemed the pattern of a good and wise father watching the conduct of a promising son . The prince rode and rode , sometimes taking up Pepper on his saddle ; passing through forests , sleeping at lonely inns , fording rivers , till one day he saw that the air was becoming Yellow . He knew that this showed the neighbourhood of Jaunia , or Daunia , the country of the Yellow Dwarf . He therefore drew bridle , placed his rose-coloured spectacles on his nose and put spurs to his horse , for the yellow light of Jaunia makes people melancholy and cowardly . As he pricked on , his horse stumbled and nearly came on its nose . The prince noticed that a steel chain had been drawn across the road . `` What caitiff has dared ! '' he exclaimed , when his hat was knocked off by a well-aimed orange from a neighbouring orange-tree , and a vulgar voice squeaked : `` Hi , Blinkers ! '' There was the Yellow Dwarf , an odious little figure , sitting sucking an orange in the tree , swinging his wooden shoes , and grinning all over his wrinkled face . `` Well , young Blinkers ! '' said the Dwarf , `` what are you doing on my grounds ? You 're a prince , by your look . Yah ! down with kings !
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