The Little Lame Prince
by Dinah Craik
Prince Dolor is dropped by his nurse as a baby and never walks again. His uncle shuts him in a tower on an empty plain and tells the kingdom he is dead. Then his godmother arrives with a shabby little travelling cloak that goes wherever he asks it to.
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Yes, he was the most beautiful Prince that ever was born. Of course, being a prince, people said this: but it was true besides. When he looked at the candle, his eyes had an expression of earnest inquiry quite startling in a new-born baby. His nose--there was not much of it certainly, but what there was seemed an aquil…Dinah Craik, The Little Lame PrinceStart reading The Little Lame Prince free →
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Ten chapters of about three thousand words each, in plain and warm English. A whole novel-shaped story that never gets difficult.
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