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According to Puck's story, Wales was then a most distressful country, though the Welshery, to a man, wanted to be good and loyal subjects of the Tudors. ACCORDING TO PUCK'S STORY WALES WAS THEN A MOST DISTRESSFUL COUNTRY THOUGH THE WELSHERY TO A MAN WANTED TO BE GOOD AND LOYAL SUBJECTS OF THE TUTORS
the palace, when the King was at his dinner. The butlers and lackeys wanted to keep them out, but the merry monarch gave orders to let them in at once. He made the owl perch over the mantel piece, but told Puck to stand upon the dinner table and walk over the tablecloth. The pepper box was put away, so that he should not sneeze and the King carefully removed the mustard pot, for fear the little fairy fellow might fall in it and be drowned in the hot stuff. His Majesty said that, for the time being, Puck should be the Prince of Wales. Puck strutted about to the amusement of the King and all the Court ladies, but he kept away from the pepper, which made his nose tingle, and from the hot soup, for fear he might tumble into it and be scalded. When the dessert came on, Puck hid himself under a walnut shell, just for fun. It would take too long to tell about all that was said, or the questions, which the King asked about his Welsh subjects, and which either the owl or the fairy man answered. THER ARRIVED IN LONDON AT THE PALACE WHEN THE KING WAS AT HIS DINNER THE BUTLERS AND LACKEYS WANTED TO KEEP THEM OUT BUT THE MERRY MONARCH GAVE ORDERS TO LET THEM IN AT ONCE HE MADE THE OWL PERCH OVER THE MANTELPIECE BUT TOLD PUCK TO STAND UPON THE DINNER TABLE AND WALK OVER THE TABLECLOTH THE PEPPER BOX WAS PUT AWAY SO THAT HE SHOULD NOT SNEEZE AND THE KING CAREFULLY REMOVED THE MUSTARD POT FOR FEAR THE LITTLE FAIRY FELLOW MIGHT FALL IN IT AND BE DROWNED IN THE HOT STUFF HIS MAJESTY SAID THAT FOR THE TIME BEING PUCK SHOULD BE THE PRINCE OF WALES PUCK STRUTTED ABOUT TO THE AMUSEMENT OF THE KING AND ALL THE COURT LADIES BUT HE KEPT AWAY FROM THE PEPPER WHICH MADE HIS NOSE TINGLE AND FROM THE HOT SOUP FOR FEAR HE MIGHT TUMBLE INTO IT AND BE SCALDED WHEN THE DESSERT CAME ON PUCK HID HIMSELF UNDER A WALNUT SHELL JUST FOR FUN IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG TO TELL ABOUT ALL THAT WAS SAID OR THE QUESTIONS WHICH THE KING ASKED ABOUT HIS WELSH SUBJECTS AND WHICH EITHER THE OWL OR THE FAIRYMAN ANSWERED
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