No one except the King may go in or out , for it is prophesied that she will marry a common soldier , and the King can not submit to that . ' ' I should very much like to see her , ' thought the Soldier ; but he could not get permission . Now he lived very gaily , went to the theatre , drove in the King 's garden , and gave the poor a great deal of money , which was very nice of him ; he had experienced in former times how hard it is not to have a farthing in the world . Now he was rich , wore fine clothes , and made many friends , who all said that he was an excellent man , a real nobleman . And the Soldier liked that . But as he was always spending money , and never made any more , at last the day came when he had nothing left but two shillings , and he had to leave the beautiful rooms in which he had been living , and go into a little attic under the roof , and clean his own boots , and mend them with a darning-needle . None of his friends came to visit him there , for there were too many stairs to climb . It was a dark evening , and he could not even buy a light . But all at once it flashed across him that there was a little end of tinder in the tinder-box , which he had taken from the hollow tree into which the Witch had helped him down . He found the box with the tinder in it ; but just as he was kindling a light , and had struck a spark out of the tinder-box , the door burst open , and the dog with eyes as large as saucers , which he had seen down in the tree , stood before him and said : ` What does my lord command ? ' ` What 's the meaning of this ? ' exclaimed the Soldier . ` This is a pretty kind of tinder-box , if I can get whatever I want like this . Get me money ! ' he cried to the dog , and hey , presto ! he was off and back again , holding a great purse full of money in his mouth . Now the Soldier knew what a capital tinder-box this was . If he rubbed once , the dog that sat on the chest of copper appeared ; if he rubbed twice , there came the dog that watched over the silver chest ; and if he rubbed three times , the one that guarded the gold appeared . Now , the Soldier went down again to his beautiful rooms , and appeared once more in splendid clothes . All his friends immediately recognised him again , and paid him great court .
One day he thought to himself : ` It is very strange XXXXX no one can get to see the Princess .
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