I believe he is mad ! ' said the Princess , and then she went on ; but she had only gone a few steps when she stopped . ` One ought to encourage art , ' she said . ' I am the Emperor 's daughter ! Tell him he shall have , as before , ten kisses ; the rest he can take from my ladies-in-waiting . ' ` But we do n't at all like being kissed by him , ' said the ladies-in-waiting . ` That 's nonsense , ' said the Princess ; ` and if I can kiss him , you can too . Besides , remember that I give you board and lodging . ' So the ladies-in-waiting had to go down to him again . ' A hundred kisses from the Princess , ' said 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 XXXXX at their heads just as the Swineherd was taking his eighty-sixth kiss .
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