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* Godpapa , ' said Frederick , who had been examining the nutcracker , c what have you done with his sword V 4 1 know nothing about his sword ! ' replied godpapa , if he wants a sword , let him get one . ' 4
The history , the history V said Mary . 4 hope / said Mrs . S ., that this tale is not so frightful as some that you tell V ' No , no / answered godpapa ; ' it is a merry one , and will do no harm . '
* The history , the history ! ' shouted the two children , and godpapa commenced thus :
Chapter VI . —History of the Hard Nut : 4 The mother of Pearloprice was the wife of a king , consequently a queen , and Pearloprice , as soon as she was born , was herself a princess . The king was quite beside himself with joy . He sang , he danced , he hopped upon one leg , and cried out twenty times , ** Did you ever see anything so beautiful as my little Pearloprice ? " 4
The cabinet ministers , the law officers , the generals , the bench of magi , all the court hopped , like their sovereign , upon one leg 9 exclaim * ing , in a loud voice , No ! we never did see anything half so beautifu ' l I ! " deed , it could not be denied that the princess Pearloprice was the
finest child ever seen . Her face was like a beautiful tissue of silk ; mingled lilies and roses : her eyes were brilliantly azure : her hair fell around her in long curling ringlets : she was born with two rows of teeth , like seed pearl , with which , soon after her birth , she bit the lord chancellor so hard , that his lordship hollowed out pretty loudly .
'As I said before , all the court was ravished ; but her majesty the queen was melancholy , peevish , and no one knew why . But it Was remarked that the doors of the nursery were guarded ; that six ladies and two nurses watched by the cradle day and night ; that , which was the strangest of all , these six ladies held each of them a cat upon their knees , which tliey caresBed so as to keep up a continual purring . You cannot possibly guess , my dear children , why the mother of Pearloprice took these precautions ; I know why , and will now tell you .
* It came to pass one day , that several powerful kings and very agreeable princes , assembled at the court of the father of princess Pearloprice ; and on that occasion a number of brilliant f 6 tes and balls were given . His majesty determined to give an extraordinary grand party , and , after having conferred with the principal pastrycook of the court and the chief astrologer , lie issued out his invitations ; afterwards he said to the queen , ** You know , my dear love , how fond we are of puddings ?"
* Tlie queen understood very well that this speech signified that she should , herself , look after the puddings . The grand chamberlain was ordered to bring the large golden pot and silver stewpans ; a fire of sandal wood was lighted , and , in a very short time , delicious fumes spread on all sides . The smell of the boiling pudding even reached tlie chamber where his majesty waa sitting in council ; he could not contain himself , but jumping up , said , " Gentlemen , witli your leave ! ' * and he
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18 The Nutcracker .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1835, page 18, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2641/page/18/
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