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coming he ran up the ladder and made good his escape. But this left Gloria
confronted by her angry guardian, the King, and by old Googly-Goo, who was
trembling with a fury he could not express in words.
Seizing the Princess by her arm the King dragged her back to the castle.
Pushing her into a room on the lower floor he locked the door upon the
unhappy girl. And at that moment the arrival of the Wicked Witch was
announced.
Hearing this, the King smiled, as a tiger smiles, showing his teeth. And
Googly-Goo smiled, as a serpent smiles, for he had no teeth except a couple of
fangs. And having frightened each other with these smiles the two dreadful
men went away to the Royal Council Chamber to meet the Wicked Witch.
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