THE LITTLE SWINEHERD
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that the princess said, “I say, go and ask him if he’ll take ten kisses from my ladies-in-waiting.”
“WHAT’S THE MEANING OF THIS?” CRIED HE.
“I’m much obliged to you,” said the swineherd; “either I’ll have ten kisses from the princess, or else I’ll keep my pipkin.”
“How tiresome he is!” said the princess. “Then you must stand round me, so that nobody may see me.”
