queen's feet. Just imagine! the ends of her feet were split up into five
or six thin pieces!"
"Oh, horrid! How _could_ the king have fallen in love with her?"
"You forget that she wore shoes. That is just why she wore them. That
is
why all the men, and women too, upstairs wear shoes. They can't bear
the
sight of their own feet without them."
"Ah! now I understand. If ever you wish for shoes again, Helfer, I'll
hit your feet--I will."
"No, no, mother; pray don't."
"Then don't you."
"But with such a big box on my head--"
A horrid scream followed, which Curdie interpreted as in reply to a
blow
from his mother upon the feet of her eldest goblin.
Madhuri Noah
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