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The owl every time blinked, bowed, and answered solemnly: "To whit, to who. To whit, to who," which in this case showed that she had learned to speak the Court language. THE OWL EVERY TIME BLINKED BOWED AND ANSWERED SOLEMNLY TO WIT TO WHO TO WIT TO WHO WHICH IN THIS CASE SHOWED THAT SHE HAD LEARNED TO SPEAK THE COURT LANGUAGE
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. 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. Several times did Puck appeal to the owl, to have his story confirmed, because this wise bird had lived among the Cymry, centuries before the Normans came. 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 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 SEVERAL TIMES DID PUCK APPEAL TO THE OWL TO HAVE HIS STORY CONFIRMED BECAUSE THIS WISE BIRD HAD LIVED AMONG THE COMRARY CENTURIES BEFORE THE NORMANS CAME
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