He painted his face brown and black , drew his cap well over his face , and knocked at the door . ` Good-day , Emperor , ' he said . ` Can I get a place here as servant in the castle ? ' ` Yes , ' said the Emperor , ` but there are so many who ask for a place that I do n't know whether there will be one for you ; but , still , I will think of you . Stay , it has just occurred to me that I want someone to look after the swine , for I have so very many of them . ' And the Prince got the situation of Imperial Swineherd . He had a wretched little room close to the pigsties ; here he had to stay , but the whole day he sat working , and when evening was come he had made a pretty little pot . All round it were little bells , and when the pot boiled they jingled most beautifully and played the old tune -- ` Where is Augustus dear ? Alas ! he 's not here , here , here ! ' But the most wonderful thing was , that when one held one 's finger in the steam of the pot , then at once one could smell what dinner was ready in any fire-place in the town . That was indeed something quite different from the rose . Now the Princess came walking past with all her ladies-in-waiting , and when she heard the tune she stood still and her face beamed with joy , for she also could play ` Where is Augustus dear ? ' It was the only tune she knew , but that she could play with one finger . ` Why , that is what I play ! ' she said . ` He must be a most accomplished Swineherd ! Listen ! Go down and ask him what the instrument costs . ' And one of the ladies-in-waiting had to go down ; but she put on wooden clogs .
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