The queen , who was looking out of the window , saw him approaching , and filled with pity sent a servant to ask who he was and what he wanted . ' I am a stranger here , ' answered the young king , ` and very poor . I have come to beg for some work . ' ` We have everybody we want , ' said the queen , when the servant told her the young man 's reply . ` We have a gate-keeper , and a hall porter , and servants of all sorts in the palace ; the only person we have not got is a goose-boy . Tell him that he can be our goose-boy if he likes . ' The youth answered that he was quite content to be goose-boy ; and that was how he got his nickname of Paperarello . And in order that no one should guess that he was any better than a goose-boy should be , he rubbed his face and his rags over with mud , and made himself altogether such a disgusting object that every one crossed over to the other side of the road when he was seen coming . ` Do go and wash yourself , Paperarello ! ' said the queen sometimes , for he did his work so well that she took an interest in him . ` Oh , I should not feel comfortable if I was clean , your Majesty , ' answered he , and went whistling after his geese . It happened one day that , owing to some accident to the great flour mills which supplied the city , there was no bread to be had , and the king 's army had to do without . When the king heard of it , he sent for the cook , and told him that by the next morning he must have all the bread that the oven , heated seven times over , could bake . ` But , your Majesty , it is not possible , ' cried the poor man in despair . ` The mills have only just begun working , and the flour will not be ground till evening , and how can I heat the oven seven times in one night ? ' ` That is your affair , ' answered the King , who , when he took anything into his head , would listen to nothing . ` If you succeed in baking the bread you shall have my daughter to wife , but if you fail your head will pay for it . ' Now Paperarello , who was passing through the hall where the king was giving his orders , heard these words , and said : ` Your Majesty , have no fears ; I will bake your bread . ' ` Very well , ' answered the king ; ` but if you fail , you will pay for it with your head ! ' and signed that both should leave his presence .
The cook was still trembling XXXXX the thought of what he had escaped , but to his surprise Paperarello did not seem disturbed at all , and when night came he went to sleep as usual .
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