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Chapter XXVIII. Little Daylight

           “Butdoyoubelievetherecouldbeaprincesswhoneversawthedaylight?Doyoubelievethatnow?”

           Thistheprincesaid,notthathedoubtedtheprincess,butthathewantedthefairytotellhimmore.Shewastoooldafairy,however,tobecaughtsoeasily.

           “Ofallpeople,fairiesmustnottellsecrets.Besides,she’saprincess.”

           “Well,I’lltellyouasecret.I’maprince.”

           “Iknowthat.”

           “Howdoyouknowit?”

           “Bythecurlofthethirdeyelashonyourlefteyelid.”

           “Whichcornerdoyoucountfrom?”

           “That’sasecret.”

           “Anothersecret?Well,atleast,ifIamaprince,therecanbenoharmintellingmeaboutaprincess.”

           “It’sjusttheprincesIcan’ttell.”

           “Thereain’tanymoreofthem—arethere?”saidtheprince.

           “What!youdon’tthinkyou’retheonlyprinceintheworld,doyou?”

           “Oh,dear,no!notatall.ButIknowthere’sonetoomanyjustatpresent,excepttheprincess——”

           “Yes,yes,that’sit,”saidthefairy.

           “What’sit?”askedtheprince.

           Buthecouldgetnothingmoreoutofthefairy,andhadtogotobedunanswered,whichwassomethingofatrial.

           Nowwickedfairieswillnotbeboundbythelawwhichthegoodfairiesobey,andthisalwaysseemstogivethebadtheadvantageoverthegood,fortheyusemeanstogaintheirendswhichtheotherswillnot.Butitisallofnoconsequence,forwhattheydoneversucceeds;nay,intheenditbringsabouttheverythingtheyaretryingtoprevent.

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