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HANS ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES
house in the town, from that of the high chamberlain to the cottage of the shoemaker.
The court ladies clapped their hands, and danced for joy.
“We know,” they said, ‘‘who are eating soup and pancakes to-day. We know who have gruel and sour krout. Oh, is it not interesting?”
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THE SWINEHERD KISSING THE PRINCESS.
“Highly interesting,” said the stewards of the court.
“Yes,” said the princess; “but you must not speak of it, for you know I am the daughter of the emperor.”
“Oh, we shall never say a word,” they all declared. “That speaks for itself.”
But the swineherd—that is to say the prince in disguise, for no one in
