PRINCE PRIGIO. 15

 

There was a very hot summer! It began to
be hot in March. All the rivers were dried up.
The grass did not grow. The corn did not
grow. The
thermom-
eters ex-
ploded with
heat. The
barometers
stood at
SET Farr.
The people
were much
distressed,
and came
and _ broke
the palace win-
dows—as they
usually do when
things go wrong.
in Pantouflia.

The king con-
sulted the learned
men about the
Court, who told him that probably a

   
 

FIREDRAKE

was in the neighbourhood. :

Now, the Firedrake is a beast, or bird, about
the bigness of an elephant. Its body is made
of iron, and it is always red-hot.. A more ter-