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screaming; 

     〃My darling child! she's found her gravity!〃 

     〃Oh;   that's   it!  is   it?〃   said   the   princess;   rubbing   her   shoulder   and   her 

knee alternately。      〃I consider it very unpleasant。          I feel as if I should be 

crushed to pieces。〃 

     〃Hurrah!〃   cried   the   prince   from   the   bed。     〃If   you've   come   round; 

princess; so have I。      How's the lake?〃 

     〃Brimful;〃 answered the nurse。 

     〃Then we're all happy。〃 

     〃That we are indeed!〃 answered the princess; sobbing。 

     And there was rejoicing all over the country that rainy day。                Even the 

babies forgot their past troubles; and danced and crowed amazingly。                    And 

the king told stories; and the queen listened to them。              And he divided the 

money in his box; and she the honey in her pot; among all the children。 

And there was such jubilation as was never heard of before。 

     Of   course   the   prince   and   princess   were   betrothed   at   once。  But   the 



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princess   had   to   learn   to   walk;   before   they   could   be   married   with   any 

propriety。     And this was not so easy at her time of life; for she could walk 

no more than a baby。         She was always falling down and hurting herself。 

     〃Is this the gravity you used to make so much of?〃 said she one day to 

the prince; as he raised her from the floor。              〃For my part; I was a great 

deal more comfortable without it。〃 

     〃No; no; that's not it。      This is it;〃 replied the prince; as he took her up; 

and   carried   her   about   like   a   baby;   kissing   her   all   the   time。 〃This   is 

gravity。〃 

     〃That's better;〃 said she。       〃I don't mind that so much。〃 

     And she smiled the sweetest; loveliest smile in the prince's face。 And 

she   gave   him   one   little   kiss   in   return   for   all   his;   and   he   thought   them 

overpaid; for he was beside himself with delight。                 I fear she complained 

of her gravity more than once after this; notwithstanding。 

     It was a long time before she got reconciled to walking。                 But the pain 

of   learning   it   was   quite   counterbalanced   by   two   things;   either   of   which 

would   have   been   sufficient   consolation。        The   first   was;   that   the   prince 

himself   was   her   teacher;   and   the   second;   that   she   could   tumble   into   the 

lake as often as she pleased。          Still; she preferred to have the prince jump 

in   with   her;   and   the   splash   they   made   before   was   nothing   to   the   splash 

they made now。 

     The lake never sank again。           In process of time; it wore the roof of the 

cavern quite through; and was twice as deep as before。 

     The only revenge the princess took upon her aunt was to tread pretty 

hard on her gouty toe the next time she saw her。                But she was sorry for it 

the   very   next   day;   when   she   heard   that   the   water   had   undermined   her 

house; and that it had fallen in the night; burying her in its ruins; whence 

no one ever ventured to dig up her body。 There she lies to this day。 

     So the prince and princess lived and were happy; and had crowns of 

gold; and clothes of cloth; and shoes of leather; and children of boys and 

girls; not one of whom was ever known; on the most critical occasion; to 

lose the smallest atom of his or her due            proportion of gravity。 



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