"'No, thank you, mamma; I had rather not.'
"'Would you not like to be able to walk like other people?' said the king.
"'No indeed, I should think not. You only crawl. You are such slow coaches!'
"'How do you feel, my child?' he resumed, after a pause of discomfiture.
"'Quite well, thank you.'
"'I mean, what do you feel like?'
"'Like nothing at all, that I know of.'
"'You must feel like something.'
"'I feel like a princess with such a funny papa, and such a dear pet of a queen-mamma!'
"'Now really!' began the queen; but the princess interrupted her.