The Resounding Tin Box

'I believe its time for breakfast,'she added a moment later, 'would you be kind enough to attent to my needs...'
Thus it was that she began from the outset to torment him with her demanding vanity.
Refering to her four thorns she said, 'Let them come, those tigers with their claws!'

At the time, I was unable to understand anything.I should have based my judgements upon deeds and not words.She cast her fragrance and her radiance over me.I should never have run away from her.I should have guessed at the affection behind her poor little tricks.Flowers are so inconsistent.
But I was too young to know how to love her.

- The Prince