Too PRINCE FILDERKIN

into the high road, and instead of turning
either to the right or the left, walked across
it, clambered over an iron fence immediately
in front of him, and went on.

Straight before him was a field of stand-
ing corn, and strange to say, the farmers in
that country very much disliked their corn
being trampled down, but as there was no
farmer looking on, the young Prince marched
boldly through it, jumped over a little ditch
on the other side, and found himself in a
bean-field. Now bean-fields are not pleasant
things to walk through when, as was the
case here, the beans are high, and nearly
ready to be cut, but the Prince was resolved
to obey his orders, and accordingly pushed
manfully through, and in due time arrived
at the other side. Here, however, he found
himself brought up by a very tall and thick
quickset hedge, through which it seemed
quite impossible to force his way. Going
round was of course out of the question, so
Prince Filderkin stopped for one moment to
recover his breath, and then, ramming his
green wide-awake tight upon his head, pro-
ceeded to perform the feat which Feeble
John had directed.