‘You wouldn’t be able to eat it if you had it,’ said the Goddess, who seemed to hear what she thought just as well as what she said.
‘Why shouldn’t I?’ asked Ernalie.
‘Because it’s ambrosia; and if you once ate any of it you’d never be able to eat any other kind of food, which would be rather awkward for you.’
‘Why?’ asked the Princess.
‘You’re always asking “Y.” Why don’t you use some other letter—“Z” for instance; it gets so monotonous. Now tell me who you are, and all about yourself.’
So the Princess did as she was told.
‘It would never do to offend her if she’s going to take me back to the earth,’ she thought, and the Goddess remarked:
‘Quite right.’
When she had finished, the Goddess said: