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THE BILLY GOAT AND THE KING
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laughed at. She thought he was joking, and laughingly agreed; their horses were ordered and they set out.

The King laughs at the Billy Goat
The King laughs at the Billy Goat

On the way they came to a fine well beneath the shade of some lofty, wide-spreading trees, and the king proposed that they should get off and rest a little, drink some of the cool water, and then pass on. To this the queen