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cunning. In the process of time they had got a king, and a government of their own, whose chief business, beyond their own simple affairs, was to devise trouble for their neighbors. It will now be pretty evident why the little princess had never seen the sky at night. They were much too afraid of the goblins to let her out of the house then, even in company with ever so many attendants; and they had good reason, as we shall see by-and-by. CHAPTER II THE PRINCESS LOSES HERSELF I HAVE said the Princess Irene was about eight years old when my story begins. And this is how it begins. Madhuri Noah C:\Users\MNoah\Documents\The Princess and the Goblin1.docx Page 11 of 634