80 THE HISTORY OF A NUT-CRACKER

Havingsung
these words
she  disap-
peared, and
no one saw
her after-
4 wards. But
the queen,
who expect-
ed a little
: se

  

= overcome by
the prophecy, that she upset the liver
soup into the fire.

Thus, for the second time, was Dame Mousey the cause
of depriving the king of one of his favourite dishes, whereat
he fell into a dreadful rage. He, however, rejoiced more
than ever at the step he had taken to rid his country of the
mice.

It is scarcely necessary to say that Christian Elias Dros-
selmayer was sent away well rewarded, and returned in
triumph to Nuremberg.

 

 

END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.