CONTENTSTHE LIGHT PRINCESSTHE GIANT'S HEARTTHE GOLDEN KEYTHE LIGHT PRINCESSI. WHAT! NO CHILDREN?Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date,there lived a king and queen who had no children.And the king said to himself, "All the queens of my acquaintance havechildren, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and myqueen has not one. I feel ill-used." So he made up his mind to be crosswith his wife about it. But she bore it all like a good patient queenas she was. Then the king grew very cross indeed. But the queenpretended to take it all as a joke, and a very good one too."Why don't you have any daughters, at least?" said he. "I don't say_sons_; that might be too much to expect.""I am sure, dear king, I am very sorry," said the queen.
CONTENTSTHE LIGHT PRINCESSTHE GIANT'S HEARTTHE GOLDEN KEYTHE LIGHT PRINCESSI. WHAT! NO CHILDREN?Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date,there lived a king and queen who had no children.And the king said to himself, "All the queens of my acquaintance havechildren, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and myqueen has not one. I feel ill-used." So he made up his mind to be crosswith his wife about it. But she bore it all like a good patient queenas she was. Then the king grew very cross indeed. But the queenpretended to take it all as a joke, and a very good one too."Why don't you have any daughters, at least?" said he. "I don't say_sons_; that might be too much to expect.""I am sure, dear king, I am very sorry," said the queen.
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