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
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
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