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but let us have no more crying; I see you are not fit for this

sort of work, so I have been to the king's palace, and asked if

they did not want a kitchen-maid; and they say they will take

you, and there you will have plenty to eat.'

Thus the princess became a kitchen-maid, and helped the cook to

do all the dirtiest work; but she was allowed to carry home some

of the meat that was left, and on this they lived.

She had not been there long before she heard that the king's

eldest son was passing by, going to be married; and she went to

one of the windows and looked out. Everything was ready, and all

the pomp and brightness of the court was there. Then she bitterly

grieved for the pride and folly which had brought her so low. And

the servants gave her some of the rich meats, which she put into

her basket to take home.