` But he has nothing on ! ' the whole of the people called out at last . This struck the Emperor , for it seemed to him as if they were right ; but he thought to himself , ' I must go on with the procession now . And the chamberlains walked along still more uprightly , holding up the train which was not there at all . THE GOLDEN CRAB -LRB- 5 -RRB- -LRB- 5 -RRB- ` Prinz Krebs , ' from Griechische Mahrchen . Schmidt . Once upon a time there was a fisherman who had a wife and three children . Every morning he used to go out fishing , and whatever fish he caught he sold to the King . One day , among the other fishes , he caught a golden crab . When he came home he put all the fishes together into a great dish , but he kept the Crab separate because it shone so beautifully , and placed it upon a high shelf in the cupboard . Now while the old woman , his wife , was cleaning the fish , and had tucked up her gown so that her feet were visible , she suddenly heard a voice , which said : ` Let down , let down thy petticoat That lets thy feet be seen . ' She turned round in surprise , and then she saw the little creature , the Golden Crab . ` What ! You can speak , can you , you ridiculous crab ? ' she said , for she was not quite pleased at the Crab 's remarks . Then she took him up and placed him on a dish . When her husband came home and they sat down to dinner , they presently heard the Crab 's little voice saying , ` Give me some too . ' They were all very much surprised , but they gave him something to eat . When the old man came to take away the plate which had contained the Crab 's dinner , he found it full of gold , and as the same thing happened every day he soon became very fond of the Crab . One day the Crab said to the fisherman 's wife , ` Go to the King and tell him I wish to marry his younger daughter . '
The old woman went accordingly , and laid the matter before the King , who laughed a little at the notion of his daughter marrying a crab , but did not decline the proposal altogether , because he was a prudent monarch , and knew that the Crab was likely XXXXX be a prince in disguise .
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