THE HISTORY OF

THE CRACKATOOK NUT

AND

PRINCESS PIRLIPATA.
PART I.

HOW PRINCESS PIRLIPATA WAS BORN, AND HOW THE EVENT PRODUCED
THE GREATEST JOY TO HER PARENTS.

 
 
     

yt rity, HERE was lately, in the neigh-
) 2, bourhood of Nuremberg, a little
Wy kingdom, which was not Prussia,
i nor Poland, nor Bavaria, nor the
Palatinate, and which was go-
verned by a king.
This king’s wife, who was con-
sequently a queen, became the
mother of a little girl, who was
therefore a princess by birth, and re-
ceived the sweet name of Pirlipata.
The king was instantly informed
of the event, and he hastened out of
breath to see the pretty infant in her
cradle. The joy which he felt in
being the father of so charming a
child, carried him to such an ex-
treme that, quite forgetting himself, =
he uttered loud cries of joy, and |
began to dance round the room, =
crying, ‘“‘Oh! who has ever seen
anything so beautiful as my Pir- =
lipatetta?”

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