THE FAIRY PRINCE AND THE MERMAIDS. 157

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THE. FAIRY PRINCE AND THE MERMAIDS.

If Wassa had hoped that his night’s sleep
would cause the fairy prince to forget his pur-
pose of visiting the mermaids, she was greatly
mistaken, for as soon as his eyes opened the
next morning he called loudly :—

“O nurse, wake up! In yonder sea
Those pretty mermaids wait for me.”

“Tt is very early to start,” pleaded Wassa,
who had not slept half long enough, “and
thou hast not had thy breakfast yet.”

“J don’t want anything to eat,”
He cried, and stamped with both his feet.
“Tf thou art cross and bad to me,
T’ll send for pa, as thou wilt see.”

Wassa knew that King Rondo could not be
far off, and, remembering his command that
she was to allow the fairy prince to have his
own way in all things, there was nothing to be