“Where will we find the king of peacocks?” The elder brother who had now become a king, studied his sister, looking confused.
The Little Princess shook her head. “I do not know. But I will marry no one else other than the King of Peacocks.”
The Princes considered how they could help their little sister. If they had to help the King of Peacocks marry their sister, it was first important that they had a portrait of the princess.
So the princes first had a beautiful portrait of the princess made.
After that the two brothers reached a decision.
They placed Princess Rosette in charge of the kingdom so that she could rule the kingdom on their behalf. Now that the kingdom had been taken care of, the two princes decided to go around the world to find the King of Peacocks.
The two princes were sure that Princess Rosette would not be alone here in the kingdom because ruling of the kingdom was not easy. Besides Princess Rosette also had the peacock which had come to the garden and Frisk her dog which would give her company at all times.
The two princes set off on their journey.
No matter where they went they did not find any place where they could find a lead to the King of Peacocks.
At last the two princes came to a kingdom where there were many beetles. It was not surprising because that was the Kingdom of the Cockchafers which was a variety of beetles found in Europe.
“Do you know the way to the King of Peacocks?” The elder prince asked.
A distinguished looking beetle nodded. “Yes, the king of the peacock lives about thirty thousand leagues from your kingdom, king.”
The king was surprised. “How do you know me? How do you know the King of Peacocks?”
“I know who you are,” the beetle told the king. “I have come to your garden two or three months every year and I have also seen the garden of the King of Peacock.”
After that the two princes set off the Kingdom of Peacocks and they found it too.
Adapted from Andrew Lang’s Fairy Tales
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