“This is the princess,” said Boots.
And so it was.
After that the king could think of nothing more to set Boots to do, so he let him marry the princess as he had promised, and have half of the kingdom to boot.
That is all of this story.
Only this: It is not always the silliest one that sits kicking his feet in the ashes at home.
Twelve O’clock·
The Dial marks the hour of Noon; |☉ enters|