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$Title{Prince And The Pauper, The
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$Date{1909}
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Title: Prince And The Pauper, The
Author: Twain, Mark
Date: 1909
Chapter I
The Birth Of The Prince And The Pauper
In the ancient city of London, on a certain autumn day in the second
quarter of the sixteenth century, a boy was born to a poor family of the name
of Canty, who did not want him. On the same day another English child was
born to a rich family of the name of Tudor, who did want him. All England
wanted him too. England had so longed for him, and hoped for him, and prayed
God for him, that, now that he was really come, the people went nearly mad for
joy. Mere acquaintances hugged and kissed each other and cried. Everybody
took a holiday, and high and low, rich and poor, feasted and danced and sang,
and got very mellow; and they kept this up for days and nights together. By
day, London was a sight to see, with gay banners waving from every balcony and
house-top, and splendid pageants marching along. By night, it was again a
sight to see, with its great bonfires at every corner, and its troops of
revelers making merry around them. There was no talk in all England but of
the new baby, Edward Tudor, Prince of Wales, who lay lapped in silks and
satins, unconscious of all this fuss, and not knowing that great lords and
ladies were tending him and watching over him - and not caring, either. But
there was no talk about the other baby, Tom Canty, lapped in his poor rags,
except among the family of paupers whom he had just come to trouble with his
presence.
[See S.L. Clemens: Mark Twain at age 65.]