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Tonight, I'll be reading a snoozy opening to a short story called The Young King within Oscar Wilde's A House of

Pomegranates. A house of pomegranates was written in 1891 as a collection of fairy tales that

Wild may have said was, intended neither for the British child nor the British public.

The young king tells the story of the illegitimate Shepard's son of the recently dead King's daughter,

and now the only heir to the kingdom.

Let's get cozy. Close your eyes. Cozy.

Close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed. Now, take a few deep breaths. The young king. It was the night before. The Young King

It was the night before the day fixed for his coronation and the young king was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber. His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the

great hall of the palace to receive a few last lessons from the Professor of Eticate,

their being some of them who had still quite natural manners,

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