on every seat was a lovely fairy , dressed in green , each with a most interesting-looking parcel in her hand . Do n't you like opening parcels ? The king did , and he was most friendly and polite to the fairies . But the queen , though she saw them distinctly , took no notice of them . You see , she did not believe in fairies , nor in her own eyes , when she saw them . So she talked across the fairies to the king , just as if they had not been there ; but the king behaved as politely as if they were real -- which , of course , they were . When dinner was over , and when the nurse had brought in the baby , all the fairies gave him the most magnificent presents . One offered a purse which could never be empty ; and one a pair of seven-leagued boots ; and another a cap of darkness , that nobody might see the prince when he put it on ; and another a wishing-cap ; and another a carpet , on which , when he sat , he was carried wherever he wished to find himself . Another made him beautiful for ever ; and another , brave ; and another , lucky : but the last fairy of all , a cross old thing , crept up and said , `` My child , you shall be too clever ! '' This fairy 's gift would have pleased the queen , if she had believed in it , more than anything else , because she was so clever herself . But she took no notice at all ; and the fairies went each to her own country , and none of them stayed there at the palace , where nobody believed in them , except the king , a little . But the queen tossed all their nice boots and caps , carpets , purses , swords , and all , away into a dark lumber-room ; for , of course , she thought that they were all nonsense , and merely old rubbish out of books , or pantomime `` properties . '' CHAPTER II . -LCB- Chapter heading picture : p9.jpg -RCB- Prince Prigio and his Family . Well , the little prince grew up . I think I 've told you that his name was Prigio -- did I not ? Well , that was his name . You can not think how clever he was . He argued with his nurse as soon as he could speak , which was very soon . He argued that he did not like to be washed , because the soap got into his eyes .
However , when he was told all about the pores XXXXX the skin , and how they could not be healthy if he was not washed , he at once ceased to resist , for he was very reasonable .
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