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clever mother, who did not believe in them.
But this, of course, the prince did not know.
Now you should be told that seven-league
boots only take those prodigious steps when
you say you want to go along distance. Other-
wise they would be very inconvenient—when
you only want to cross the.room, for example.
Perhaps this has not been explained to you by
your governess ?
, Well, the prince walked into ‘‘ The Bear,”
and it seemed odd to him that nobody took any
notice of him. And yet his face was as well
known as that of any man in Pantouflia; for
everybody had seen it, at least in pictures.
He was so puzzled by not being attended to
as usual, that he quite forgot to take off lus cap.
He sat down «
at a table,
however,
and shouted
> “Kellner!”
at which all
the waiters
jumped, and
looked round
in every di-
rection, but
nobody came
to him. At first he thought they were too
busy, but presently another explanation occurred
to him 7