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The Light Princess
A spiteful aunt curses a newborn princess to have no gravity, leaving her physically weightless and unable to take anything seriously.
"The Light Princess" by George MacDonald is a Scottish fairy tale. A spiteful aunt curses a newborn princess to have no gravity, leaving her physically weightless and unable to take anything seriously.
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The king tried to have patience, but he succeeded very badly. It was more than he deserved, therefore, when, at last, the queen gave him a daughter—as lovely a little princess as ever cried.
The day drew near when the infant must be christened. The king wrote all the invitations with his own hand. Of course somebody was forgotten. Now it does not generally matter if somebody is forgotten, only you must mind who. Unfortunately, the king forgot without intending to forget; and so the chance fell upon the Princess Makemnoit, which was awkward. For the princess was the king's own sister; and he ought not to have forgotten her. But she had made herself so disagreeable to the old king, their father, that he had forgotten her in making his will; and so it was no wonder that her brother forgot her in writing his invitations. But poor relations don't do anything to keep you in mind of them. Why don't they? The king could not see into the garret she lived in, could he?
Contents
- 011. What! No Children?
- 022. Won't I, Just?
- 033. She Can't Be Ours.
- 044. Where Is She?
- 055. What Is to Be Done?
- 066. She Laughs Too Much.
- 077. Try Metaphysics.
- 088. Try a Drop of Water.
- 099. Put Me in Again.
- 1010. Look at the Moon.
- 1111. Hiss!
- 1212. Where Is the Prince?
- 1313. Here I Am.
- 1414. This Is Very Kind of You.
- 1515. Look at the Rain!
About this edition
- Author
- George MacDonald
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 61 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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