Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16
FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
Two BanIshed Words.


The King Of Macaroons was dressing
himself, with the help of his chamber
lain, one morning, when to his dismay
he found that there was a hole in his
stocking.
Dear me !" said the king, look
here really must get wife.
Just what should have said, !" re-
turned the chamberlain, +" only I knew
your majesty was going to make the
same remark"
GOOD, said the king; "but do you
think / could easily find wife to suit
me2 You know / am very difficult to
please. Ny queen must be clever and
beautiful, and besides which she must
be able to make gingerbread-nuts, for
you know how fond am of them; and
there is not q person in my kingdom
who knows how to make them properly
-Deither too hard nor too soft"
The chamberlain was astonished to
hear this, and felt rather inclined to
laugh, but he answered very properly,
ga great king like your majesty must
surely be able to find princess who
knows how to make gingerbread-nuts. +"
That very day the king and his minis
ter set off to look for wife for the king,
paying visits to all the neighbors who
had princesses to dispose of.
They could only hear of three at all
likely to suit, and of these three not one
could make gingerbread-nuts.
The first princess said she could make
delicious almond-cakes, if they would
do.
But the king said, "No-no-noth
ing fbgts pffhcss: Turned away very
angrily when she was asked the ques
ton.
But the third, quite the cleverest anG
prettiest of the three, before the king
had time to speak, put question of hel
own. "Could the king" she asked
"play on the harp? If not, she wa
sorry, really sorry, as she liked the lool
of him--but she could not be his wife
She had resolved never to marry any
man who could not play the harp"
So the king had to come home withou
queen; but as the holes in his stock
ings grew larger, he felt that he reall,
must make another effort to find wife
"Go to the first princess and asl
her," said he to his chamberlain. 6"
must give up the gingerbread-nuts,
suppose, and be contented with almond
cakes"
The chamberlain went, and came bacl
with the news that this princess had jus
married somebody else. Then the KIM
sent him to the second princess; but sh
had unfortunately just died. And S
there was only the harp princess left.
In despair, he sent to her; and, to hi
great Joy, she consented to do withou
the harp, and to be his wife.
So they were married with very grea
rejoicings, and lived in the greatest hap
piness for whole year. The king ha
forgotten all about the gingerbread
nuts, and the queen all about the harr
One morning, however, the king &C
out of bed with his left foot first, whic
made everything go wrong all throug
the day; and so the king and queen ha
quarrel. What it was about the
really did not know; but they were bot
snappish and cross, and determined t
have the last word.
you'd better hold your tongue, an
not keep on finding fault with ever
thing and every body" said the quee
+ at last. Why, you can't even play th
, harp"
cat any rate" returned the kint
= "you can't make gingerbread-nuts."
, For the first time the queen ha
nothing to say. And, indeed, the m,
, ment the word harp had passed her liz
she was sorry she had said it, and 81
ran away at once into her own apar
; ments. and, throwing herself on tt
cushions of her sofa, had good CT,
The king, on the other hand, paced U
and down the room, rubbing his hant
: in great glee,
r "What good thing for me my wi
can't make gingerbread-nuts, otherwi
f L should not have had q word to answ,
y about the harp" he said.
Presently, however, he looked at IL
o portrait of the queen, which was han
e ing on the wall My poor little wife
i 1 dare say, after all, she is sorry to ha,
f leased me-" he said; CT think I'll {
8 and sec what she is about. Perhaps 81
s may be crying her pretty eyes out"
|, AS it happened, the king and quet
q each thinking of the other, ran into eac
: others arms in the great corridor, {
which their rooms opened; and the
u they kissed, and made up their quarrt
~ and vowed never to have another.
n II tell you what we will do" said t
4 king; "we will Danish two words fro
a our kingdom, under pain of death, oil
4 those are harp and"
k "Gingerbread-nuts," interrupted t
n qneen, laughing low, while she wiped
q tear from her cheek.