Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales by Hilary McKay

Author:Hilary McKay
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pan Macmillan UK

All the people in the palace who might ordinarily have opened the door were fast asleep in bed. The maid in the kitchen was too far away to hear. There was only the Prince and the Queen.

The Prince sank deeper into the sofa, crossed his boots on a royal silken cushion, and closed his eyes.

‘Darling,’ said the Queen, poking him with a silver knitting needle. ‘There’s someone at the door!’

‘Oh, I don’t think so,’ said the Prince, not opening his eyes.

‘Banging very hard!’ said the Queen.

‘It’ll be the wind,’ murmured the Prince. ‘S’been a horrible day. Horrible weather. Horrible everything. And now you’re imagining noises!’

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