. 42 PRINCE PRIGIO.

 

so agreeable and «wnaffected, that she thought
him very nice indeed.

For, even a clever person can be:nice when
he likes—above all, when he isnot thinking about
himself. And now the prince was thinking of
nothing in the world but the daughter of the
English Ambassador, and how to please her-
He got introduced to her father too, and quite
won his heart; and, at last, he was invited to
dine next day at the Embassy.

In Pantouflia, it is the custom that a ball
must not end while one of the royal .family
goes on dancing. This ball lasted till the light
came in, and the birds were singing out of
doors, and all the mothers prescut were sound
asleep. Then
nothing ,would
Satisfy the
prince, but that
they all should
go home sing-
ex.ing through
the streets; in
fact, there never
had been so merry a dance in all Pantouflia.
The prince had made a point of dancing with
almost every girl there: and he had suddenly
become the most belovéd of the royal family.
But everything must end at last; and the prince,
putting on the cap of darkness and sitting on
the famous carpet, flew back to his lonely castle.