"A Princess should marry a Prince." "I'm not a common gardener's boy," protested Pon.

"If I had my rights I would be the King instead of Krewl.

As it is, I'm a Prince, and as royal as any man in Jinxland." "How does that come ?" asked Cap'n Bill.
"My father used to be the King and Krewl was his Prime Minister.

But one day while out hunting, King Phearse--that was my father's name--had a quarrel with Krewl and tapped him gently on the nose with the knuckles of his closed hand.

This so provoked the wicked Krewl that he tripped my father backward, so that he fell into a deep pond.