Oh! it is very hard to be a good Prince!
Sometimes Edward Brown had to be punished more than once while the boys were at play, and sometimes Prince Edward was quite good all day long.
One day the Prince did something that was very wrong; and when his Tutor would have punished the whipping boy, Edward took the cane from his hand and said, “Sir, you shall whip me for this. It is my command. I did wrong. I should be punished.”
When Prince Edward was nine years old, his father died, and the Prince was made King of England.
Perhaps you would like to know how he was dressed when he went to be crowned. He wore a suit of white velvet, embroidered with diamonds, pearls, and rubies. His cap was white velvet, and his coat was cloth of silver.
He rode on a white horse through the city and the people shouted, “Long live King Edward.”
THE CHRISTMAS SPRUCE TREE
Among the tall trees in the forest grew a little spruce tree. It was no taller than a man, and that is very short for a tree.