There was, however, a servant of the king's who favoured the huntsmen, and when he heard that they were going to be put to this test he went to them and repeated everything, and said: 'The lion wants to make the king believe that you are girls.' Then the king's daughter thanked him, and said to her maidens: 'Show some strength, and step firmly on the peas.' So next morning when the king had the twelve huntsmen called before him, and they came into the ante-chamber where the peas were lying, they stepped so firmly on them, and had such a strong, sure walk, that not one of the peas either rolled or stirred.
So when they were alone the king's daughter said to her eleven girls: 'Show some constraint, and do not look round at the spinning-wheels.' And next morning when the king had his twelve huntsmen summoned, they went through the ante-chamber, and never once looked at the spinning-wheels.
Fairy Tales
As he neared the river Forth, which he had to cross on his way, an aged woman came to him crying in a loud voice, "My Lord King, if ye cross this water ye shall never return again in life."
Now the King had read a prophecy in which it was said that a King of Scotland should be slain that same year.
English Literature For Boys And Girls
A power in England, second only to the King himself, and with the heart of a lion in him, he answered the King as no other man in all England would have dared answer him.
"My Lord King," he cried, "that you be my Lord King alone prevents Simon de Montfort from demanding satisfaction for such a gross insult.
The Outlaw of Torn
"It is the king's word, and what is the king's word?
"It is the king's child, and it is not also my child?
Nada The Lily
In came the Chief Steward, trying not to show the Nome
King how frightened he was.
The Emerald City of Oz
It was then to the sound of drums, trumpets, and vivats, that the young
king crossed the threshold of that castle in which, seventy-two years before, Henry III.
Ten Years Later
Then he made a ball, and with these things he went the next day to the
king.
Arabian Nights
They came to the
King and asked him to keep them all the winter, to which he agreed.
Yellow Fairy Book
First came the royal purple streamer of Tepus, own bow-bearer to the
King, and esteemed the finest archer in all the land.
Robin Hood
"It is good advice," said Athos, "and if the
king will do one of us the honor we shall be truly grateful to him."
Twenty Years After
Somewhat calmer, D'Artagnan made every preparation for the journey, and took the greatest care that the military household of the
king, as yet very inconsiderable in numbers, should be well officered and well disciplined in its meager and limited proportions.
The Man in the Iron Mask