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I shall deceive the queen once more, by giving |
her another young kid in your stead.
Upon this he forthwith conducted her to her
chamber, where he left her to embrace her child¬
ren, and cry aloud with them; and he then went
and dressed a young kid, which the queen had
for supper, and devoured it with the same appe¬
tite as though it had been the young queen
Now was she exceedingly delighted with this
unheard-of cruelty, and she had invented a story
to tell the king at his return, how the mad wolves
had eaten up the queen his wife, with her two
children.
One evening some time after, as she was, ac¬
cording to her usual custom, rambling about the
court and yards of the palace, to see it she could
smell any fresh meat, she heard, in a ground-
room, little Day crying, for his mother was go¬
ing to whip him because he had been guilty of
some fault, and she heard at the same time little
Morning soliciting pardon for her brother
The ogress presently knew the voice of the
queen and her children, and, being quite in a rage
to think she had been thus deceived, she com¬
manded the next morning, by break of day, in
a most terrible voice, which made every one
tremble, that they should bring into the middle
of the court a very large tub, which she caused