"How silly of her! _We_ never do that. It must have been because she
wore shoes."
"I don't know that."
"Why do they wear shoes up there?"
"Ah! now that's a sensible question, and I will answer it. But in order
to do so, I must first tell you a secret. I once saw the queen's feet."
"Without her shoes?"
"Yes--without her shoes."
"No! Did you? How was it?"
"Never you mind how it was. _She_ didn't know I saw them. And what
do
you think!--they had _toes_!"
"Toes! What's that?"
"You may well ask! I should never have known if I had not seen the
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