cried he . And quickly two footmen ran to fetch Drakestail . ` At last , ' said the poor chap , going up the great stairs , ` they have decided to receive me . ' Imagine his terror when on entering he sees the King as red as a turkey cock , and all his ministers attending him standing sword in hand . He thought this time it was all up with him . Happily , he remembered that there was still one remaining friend , and he cried with dying accents : ` Wasp 's - nest , Wasp 's - nest , make a sally , Or Drakestail nevermore may rally . ' Hereupon the scene changes . ` Bs , bs , bayonet them ! ` The brave Wasp 's - nest rushes out with all his wasps . They threw themselves on the infuriated King and his ministers , and stung them so fiercely in the face that they lost their heads , and not knowing where to hide themselves they all jumped pell-mell from the window and broke their necks on the pavement . Behold Drakestail much astonished , all alone in the big saloon and master of the field . He could not get over it . Nevertheless , he remembered shortly what he had come for to the palace , and improving the occasion , he set to work to hunt for his dear money . But in vain he rummaged in all the drawers ; he found nothing ; all had been spent . And ferreting thus from room to room he came at last to the one with the throne in it , and feeling fatigued , he sat himself down on it to think over his adventure . In the meanwhile the people had found their King and his ministers with their feet in the air on the pavement , and they had gone into the palace to know how it had occurred . On entering the throne-room , when the crowd saw that there was already someone on the royal seat , they broke out in cries of surprise and joy : ` The King is dead , long live the King ! Heaven has sent us down this thing . ' Drakestail , who was no longer surprised at anything , received the acclamations of the people as if he had never done anything else all his life . A few of them certainly murmured that a Drakestail would make a fine King ; those who knew him replied that a knowing Drakestail was a more worthy King than a spendthrift like him who was lying on the pavement .
In short , they ran and took the crown off the head of the deceased , and placed it on that XXXXX Drakestail , whom it fitted like wax .
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