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     ;Quite well�察�thank you。; 

     ;I mean�察�what do you feel like�拭─�

     ;Like nothing at all�察�that I know of。; 

     ;You must feel like something。; 

     ;I feel like a princess with such a funny papa�察�and such a dear pet of a 

queen´mamma� ─�

     ;Now really� ─�began the queen�察�but the princess interrupted her。 

     ;Oh     Yes�察─  �she   added�察    �I   remember。      I   have    a   curious    feeling 

sometimes�察�as if I were the only person that had any sense in the whole 

world。; 

     She had been trying to behave herself with dignity�察�but now she burst 

into a violent fit of laughter�察�threw herself backwards over the chair�察�and 

went rolling about the floor in an ecstasy of enjoyment。               The king picked 

her up easier than one does a down quilt�察�and replaced her in her former 

relation to the chair。      The exact preposition expressing this relation I do 



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not happen to know。 

     ;Is there nothing you wish for�拭─�resumed the king�察�who had learned by 

this time that it was useless to be angry with her。 

     ;Oh�察�you dear papa��yes�察─�answered she。 

     ;What is it�察�my darling�拭─�

     ;I   have   been   longing   for   itoh�察  �such   a   time��ever   since   last   night。; 

;Tell me what it is。; 

     ;Will you promise to let me have it�拭─�

     The king was on the point of saying Yes�察�but the wiser queen checked 

him with a single motion of her head。            ;Tell me what it is first�察─�said he。 

     ;No no。      Promise first。; 

     ;I dare not。     What is it�拭─�

     ;Mind�察  �I   hold   you   to   your   promise。It   isto   be   tied   to   the   end   of   a 

stringa very long string indeed�察�and be flown like a kite。                Oh�察�such fun� �

I would rain rose´water�察�and hail sugar´plums�察�and snow whipped´cream�察�

andandand; 

     A fit of laughing checked her�察�and she would have been off again over 

the floor�察�had not the king started up and caught her just in time。                 Seeing 

nothing   but   talk   could   be   got   out   of   her�察  �he   rang   the   bell�察  �and   sent   her 

away with two of her ladies´in´waiting。 

     ;Now�察�queen�察─�he said�察�turning to her Majesty�察 �what IS to be done�拭─�

     ;There     is  but  one   thing   left�察─ �answered     she。   ;Let    us   consult   the 

college of Metaphysicians。; 

     ;Bravo� ─�cried the king�察 �we will。; 

     Now      at  the   head    of  this   college    were    two   very    wise    Chinese 

philosophers´by  name   Hum´Drum�察  �and   Kopy´Keck。                 For   them  the   king 

sent�察�and straightway they came。             In a long speech he communicated to 

them   what   they   knew   very   well   alreadyas   who   did   not��namely�察  �the 

peculiar   condition   of   his   daughter  in   relation   to   the   globe   on   which   she 

dwelt�察  �and   requested   them   to   consult   together   as   to   what   might   be   the 

cause and probable cure of her INFIRMITY。                   The king laid stress upon 

the   word�察  �but   failed   to   discover   his   own   pun。 The   queen   laughed�察  �but 

Hum´Drum and Kopy´Keck heard with humility and retired in silence。 

     The consultation consisted chiefly in propounding and supporting�察�for 



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the thousandth time�察�each his favourite theories。               For the condition of the 

princess   afforded   delightful   scope   for   the   discussion   of   every   question 

arising from the division of thought´in fact�察�of all the Metaphysics of the 

Chinese Empire。         But it is only justice to say that they did not altogether 

neglect the discussion of the practical question�察�what was to be done。 

     Hum´Drum         was    a  Materialist�察   �and    Kopy´Keck       was    a  Spiritualist。 

The former was slow and sententious�察�the latter was quick and flighty�此�the 

latter had generally the first word�察�the former the last。 

     ;I   reassert   my   former   assertion�察─  �began   Kopy´Keck�察  �with   a   plunge。 

;There is not a fault in the princess�察�body or soul�察�only they are wrong put 

together。     Listen to me now�察�Hum´Drum�察�and I will tell you in brief what 

I   think。   Don't   speak。     Don't   answer   me。      I   won't   hear   you   till   I   have 

done。     At    that  decisive     moment�察     �when     souls    seek   their   appointed 

habitations�察  �two   eager   souls   met�察  �struck�察  �rebounded�察  �lost   their   way�察  �and 

arrived   each   at   the   wrong   place。     The   soul   of   the   princess   was   one   of 

those�察  �and   she   went   far   astray。   She   does   not   belong   by   rights   to   this 

world at all�察�but to some other planet�察�probably Mercury。                    Her proclivity 

to her true sphere destroys all the natural influence which this orb would 

otherwise possess over her corporeal frame。                 She cares for nothing here。 

There is no relation between her and this world。 

     ;She must therefore be taught�察�by the sternest compulsion�察�to take an 

interest in the earth as the earth。          She must study every department of its 

historyits   animal   history�察  �its   vegetable   history�察  �its   mineral   history�察  �its 

social history�察�its moral history�察�its political history�察�its scientific history�察�

its literary history�察�its musical history�察�its artistical history�察�above all�察�its 

metaphysical history。         She must begin with the Chinese dynasty and end 

with   Japan。     But   first   of   all   she   must   study  geology�察  �and   especially   the 

history   of   the   extinct   races   of   animals´their   natures�察  �their   habits�察  �their 

loves�察�their hates�察�their revenges。          She must; 

     ;Hold�察�h´o´o´old� ─�roared Hum´Drum。                  ;It is certainly my turn now。 

My rooted and insubvertible conviction is�察�that the causes of the anomalies 

evident   in   the   princess's   condition   are   strictly   and   solely   physical。   But 

that    is  only   tantamount      to  acknowledging        that  they    exist。   Hear     my 

opinion。 From some cause or other�察�of no importance to our inquiry�察�the 



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motion of her heart has been reversed。              That remarkable combination of 

the suction and the force´pump works the wrong way´I mean in the case of 

the unfortunate princess�此�it draws in where it should force out�察�and forces 

out where it should draw in。          The offices of the auricles and the ventricles 

are subverted。       The blood is sent forth by the veins�察�and returns by  the 

arteries。    Consequently        it  is  running   the   wrong    way    through    all  her 

corporeal organismlungs
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