76 THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE HEMPSEED.

Touched by the friendship, which necessity in the first
instance, and gratitude afterwards, had established between
his children and the animals,—their companions in mis-
fortune,—Prince Orfano-Orfana ordered the canvas picture
of Hempseed’s Theatre to be hung in the finest drawing-
room in his castle, there to remain as long as the castle
itself should exist.

Patience never toiled again; and never more did the
pack-saddle touch his back.

Topaz and Emerald, the two little canaries, had a grand
cage of gold made for them to live in.

Zug was allowed to sleep whenever he chose, upon the
princess’s best sofa.

Coco, Chatterbox, and Counsellor were also well re-
warded.

A certain Princess of Carignan sent every year a box
of delicious seed, picked with her own hands, to the beauti-
ful white pigeon.

It was decreed that all the descendants of Turnspit
should live and die in the castle.

The portrait of the faithful dog is in the picture-gallery

at Turin.

 

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All the animals lived for a long—long time. Auriol
was the first to die. He was carefully embalmed, and was
placed in a nest of fine silk, lined with swan’s-down.