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A young boy travels to the seaside and, through dreamlike episodes and encounters with eccentric figures—a Pierrot troupe, an odd professor, a pompous council, a vain lady, and a magician—becomes embroiled in a whimsical search for a missing royal, involving a satirical election, enchanted forests, comic debates, and inventive games. Episodes blend seaside adventure, parody of civic institutions, and light fantasy, moving through set-piece chapters that mix humor, nonsense, and gentle moral observation, and conclude with a playful resolution restoring order and explaining the prince’s disappearance.
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