She has refused Googly-Goo thirty-nine times, but he still persists and has brought many rich presents to bribe the King.

On that account King Krewl has commanded his niece to marry the old man, but the Princess has assured me, time and again, that she will wed only me.

This morning we happened to meet in the grape arbor and as I was respectfully saluting the cheek of the Princess, two of the King's guards seized me and beat me terribly before the very eyes of Gloria, whom the King himself held back so she could not interfere." "Why, this King must be a monster!" cried Trot.
"He is far worse than that," said Pon, mournfully.
"But, see here," interrupted Cap'n Bill, who had listened carefully to Pon.

"This King may not be so much to blame, after all.

Kings are proud folks, because they're so high an' mighty, an' it isn't reasonable for a royal Princess to marry a common gardener's boy." "It isn't right," declared Button-Bright.