Oh, I do like that one about the Golden Princess shut up in the castle by the sea! I like stories about princesses best of all.

I do wish I were a princess; next to my best wish of all, I wish to be a princess.

Marcelline, do you hear?
I want you to tell me a story." Still Marcelline did not reply.

She in her turn was looking into the fire.

Suddenly she spoke.
"One, two, three," she said.