The Glass Slipper by Eleanor Farjeon

Author:Eleanor Farjeon [Eleanor Farjeon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: RHCP
Published: 2013-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

“The Boar!” said the Prince, lifting his glass.

“The Boar!” shouted the guests, tossing off theirs. Then they fell to, some with a greedy clatter of knife and fork, some picking daintily. Arethusa and Araminta had three helpings each, and sucked their greasy fingers so as not to miss one speck of the succulent gravy. The Prince ate nothing, but dropped morsels of meat from his plate to the floor, where the Zany sat out of sight under the tablecloth. He ate the scraps eagerly, and kissed the Prince’s shoe buckle.

And now, on an ivory platter, the roast Peacock appeared, with his broad fan of green and gold and blue feathers spread behind him. The Toastmaster trolled his toast as lovingly as if the bird were a Court beauty.

“Here’s a health to the Peacock,

Imperious Peacock,

Imperious Peacock appearing full sail

With eyes in his tail,

Astonishing tail,

Full fluttering sail, with eyes in his tail.

He strutted about like a king on the sward,

And now the proud Peacock is king of our board.

The Peacock,

The Peacock,

Unparagoned, arrogant Cock,

This bird of boast

Shall be our toast,

With hic and haec and haec and hoc.”

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