(i) Princess September took the loss of her parrot to heart. She wept continuously. She was put to sleep without supper. (ii) Her Mother said that Princess September’s weeping was simply nonsense. She asked the maids to put the child to sleep without supper. (iii) The princess was very simple-hearted and sensitive. She was stricken with grief when her parrot died. But the Queen mother was not moved at all. She had nothing to console the child.