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l night making grand preparations for the Coronation of the young King. Out in the courtyard he could see the great

cord from all parts of the country to take part in it, and in the Park Boy was very much amused to see a worried-looking goose trying to teach a number of cocks and hens to m

e grounds, and as they were all playing different tu

as to the order in which they should follow in the procession. The Advertiser General and the Public Rhymester were talking very excitedly abo

, "I haven't seen

ertising purposes; and he has already given me orders for several. I have to write a poem on 'Pea Soup for the Complexion,' 'Kofe's Hair Restorer for making the hair grow on worn-out brooms and brushes,' and a new Soap which 'won't wash clothes' or anything else-t

e, so he thought that it was time for him to get ready, and hurr

d by the Royal Nurse. The dear little fellow looked very charming in a little white velvet suit with diamond buttons and buckles, and wore a plumed cap which he raised politely as the

s in the streets. Boy, however, was charmed with them. Flags and banners and triumphal arches were to be seen o

thusiastically, "Long live the King, long live King Robert the Twenty-first" till they were hoarse. Then they had all gone with the Court dignitaries to the House of Words, where an a

ore State matters to be attended to, and the Royal Nurse t

to help you to be King and show you how to govern your

lp me be King, not all these old gentlemans; and now I want to go back to the Palace and have

one. "Of course as he is King he will have to be obeyed, but a parliament of children

children, could we?" suggested th

the difficulty, and the meeting broke up in some disorder, after it had been arranged that

ons and a carnival in the streets, which people at

ere tiny little round pieces of coloured paper), with which they pelted each other. Boy quite enjoyed the fun, and tired himself out throwing confe

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f the Palace, and it was quite late before eve

hort baby's frock tied up with blue ribbons, while the Lord High Fiddle-de-dee, being rather tall, had adopted a sailor's suit, and trundled a hoop. The Lord High Adjudicator had overdone the matter and arrived in a. p

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d that it was great fun and much better than such a l

g him a ride on his back all round the room. Then they had gone out on to the Terrace which was outside the House of Words and by which the river ran, and the King had screamed with delight when, at Boy's suggestion, all the old gentlemen play

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King proposed a game of blind man's buff, and they had a fine time in the old Hall, till tea

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and water, the others were obliged to do the same. Boy could see the Lord High Adjudicator and the Lord High Fiddle-de-dee making

fter telling them all that he had enjoyed himself ve

"but I don't see how the Public affairs can be attended to while this sort of thing goes on. I can qu

and a high conical hat. His beard, which was very long, was perfectly white, while bushy black eyebrows shaded a pair of very bright, piercing eyes; his hat and gown were both embro

the other from under his shaggy eyebrows. "I can very soon help you out of the dif