d he, 'or each keeps his own.'

'Put yourselves in front of us,' she said then; and so all the
ladies-in-waiting put themselves in front, and he began to kiss the
Princess.

'What can that commotion be by the pigsties?' asked the Emperor, who was
standing on the balcony. He rubbed his eyes and put on his spectacles.
'Why those are the ladies-in-waiting playing their games; I must go down
to them.'

So he took off his shoes, which were shoes though he had trodden them
down into slippers. What a hurry he was in, to be sure!

As soon as he came into the yard he walked very softly, and the
ladies-in-waiting were so busy counting the kisses and seeing fair play
that they never noticed the Emperor. He stood on tiptoe.

'What is that?' he said, when he saw the kissing; and then he threw
one of his slippers at their heads just as the Swineherd was taking his
eighty-sixth kiss.

'Be off with you!' said the Emperor, for he was very angry. And the
Princess and the Swineherd were driven out of the empire.

Then she stood still and wept; the Swineherd was scolding, and the rain
was streaming down.

'Alas, what an unhappy creature I am!' sobbed the Princess.

'If only I had taken the beautiful Prince! Alas, how unfortunate I am!'

And the Swineherd went behind a tree, washed the black and brown off
his face, threw away his old clothes, and then stepped forward in his
splendid dress, looking so beautiful that the Princess was obliged to
courtesy.

'I now come to this. I despise you!' he said. 'You would have nothing
to do with a noble Prince; you did not understand the rose or the
nightingale, but you could kiss the Swineherd for the sake of a toy.
This is what you get for it!' And he went into his kingdom and shut the
door in her face, and she had to stay outside singing--

'Where's my Augustus dear?
Alas! he's not here, here, here!

HOW TO TELL A TRUE PRINCESS

There was once upon a time a Prince who wanted to marry a Princess, but
she must be a true Princess. So he travelled through the whole world to
find one, but there was always something against each. There were plenty
of Princesses, but he could not find out if they were true Princesses.
In every case there was some little defect, which showed the genuine
article was not yet found. So he came home again in very low spirits,
for he had wanted very much to have a true Princess. One night there was
a dreadful storm; it thundered and li