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Title: The Silly Jelly-Fish
Told in English

Author: B. H. Chamberlain

Release Date: May 25, 2008 [EBook #25590]

Language: English

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THE SILLY JELLY-FISH.

Told in English by B. H. Chamberlain

Griffith Farran & Co., London & Sydney, N.S.W.

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THE SILLY JELLY-FISH.

Once upon a time the King of the Dragons, who had till then lived as a
bachelor, took it into his head to get married. His bride was a young
Dragonette just sixteen years old,--lovely enough, in very sooth, to
become the wife of a King. Great were the rejoicings on the occasion.
The Fishes, both great and small, came to pay their respects, and to
offer gifts to the newly wedded pair; and for some days all was feasting
and merriment.

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But alas! even Dragons have their trials. Before a month had passed, the
young Dragon Queen fell ill. The doctors dosed her with every medicine
that was known to them, but all to no purpose. At last they shook their
heads, declaring that there was nothing more to be done. The illness
must take its course, and she would probably die. But the sick Queen
said to her husband:

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"I know of something that will cure me. Only fetch me a live Monkey's
liver to eat, and I shall get well at once."--"A live Monkey's liver!"
exclaimed the King. "What are you thinking of, my dear? Why! you forget
that we Dragons live in the sea, while Monkeys live far away from here,
among the forest-trees on land. A Monkey's liver! Why! darling, you
must be mad." Hereupon the young Dragon Queen burst into tears: "I only
ask you for one small thing," whimpered she, "and you won't get it for
me. I always thought you didn't really love me. Oh! I wish I had staid
at home with my own m-m-m-mama and my own