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Honeycuckles and Musk Roses tonight.

We'll read the second part to the fairy tale called The White Cat,

credited to Madame Contess Delnoi. In part one the old king

devises to distract his sons from taking over the throne with a sort of fool's errand to find him the perfect, beautiful lap dog.

Whoever one would also take over the kingdom, the youngest son stumbles upon a magical castle

with a lovely talking cat known as the white cat. She gives him an acorn that she says

carries the tiniest most perfect dog to bring to his father.

As an aside, the story mentions that the prince brings with him a turnspet dog.

This was a lowly breed of dog that is now extinct.

It was kept in kitchens and ran on a wheel to turn the spit or rotisserie that meat cooked on.

The turned spit may have been an ancestor to either a modern corgi or the Glen Terrier.

In order not to over-exert a dog with this hot and unpleasant work, they were often kept in pairs so that they could be worked in shifts.

It is believed that this is the origin of the

origin of the proverb, the Turnspit dog was also used as foot warmers at church

and it is said that Queen Victoria kept retired turnspits as pets. Let's get cozy. Close your eyes. Nice.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, Now take a few deep breaths. After traveling on his magical wooden horse, the prince was actually the first to arrive at the castle where he had agreed to meet his brothers,

but they came soon after and stared in amazement when they saw the wooden horse in the courtyard jumping like a hunter.

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