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CHAPTER XIV.

THE FAIRY PRINCE AND WASSA.

The next morning Wassa was awakened by
the voice of the little prince calling to her:—

« Wake up, wake up, my nurse, I say !
The prairies wild I’ll see to-day !
In the tall grass [’ll lie and hide,
And buffaloes I mean to ride.”

“ No, no, prince, lie down and have another
nap first,” said Wassa, who felt she had not
had half sleep enough; but the persistent prince
was not to be put off so easily, and clamored
loudly to be taken at once to the prairies.

“The prairies are so far away,” argued
Wassa, ‘‘and I am so very tired. I will take
thee to the grotto where the gold fishes are,
and thou canst play with them.”

At this proposition the naughty little prince
stamped his feet and screamed loudly : —

“No, thou bad nurse, I tell thee no!
I do not wish with thee to go.