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9. Put Me in Again |
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"In the water, you stupid!" answered the princess. "Come, then," said the prince. The condition of her dress, increasing her usual difficulty in walking, compelled her to cling to him; and he could hardly persuade himself that he was not in a delightful dream, notwithstanding the torrent of musical abuse with which she overwhelmed him. The prince being therefore in no hurry, they came upon the lake at quite another part, where the bank was twenty-five feet high at least; and when they had reached the edge, he turned towards the princess, and said,-- "How am I to put you in?" "That is your business," she answered, quite snappishly. "You took me out--put me in again." "Very well," said the prince; and, catching her up in his arms, he sprang with her from the rock. The princess had just time to give one delighted shriek of laughter before the water closed over them. When they came to the surface, she found that, for a moment or two, she could not even laugh, for she had gone down with such a rush, that it was with difficulty she recovered her breath. The instant they reached the surface-- "How do you like falling in?" said the prince. After some effort the princess panted out,-- "Is that what you call FALLING IN?" "Yes," answered the prince, "I should think it a very tolerable specimen." "It seemed to me like going up," rejoined she. "My feeling was certainly one of elevation too," the prince conceded. The princess did not appear to understand him, for she retorted his question:-- "How do YOU like falling in?" said the princess. "Beyond everything," answered he; "for I have fallen in with the only perfect creature I ever saw." |
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