At length he came to a large house , at the door of which he knocked . ` What do you want ? ' asked the old man who opened it . And the youth told him how his father had turned him out of his house because he was so lazy and stupid , and he needed shelter for the night . ` That you shall have , ' replied the man ; ` but to-morrow I shall give you some work to do , for you must know that I am the chief herdsman of the king . ' The youth made no answer to this . He felt , if he was to be made to work after all , that he might as well have stayed where he was . But as he did not see any other way of getting a bed , he went slowly in . The herdsman 's two daughters and their mother were sitting at supper , and invited him to join them . Nothing more was said about work , and when the meal was over they all went to bed . In the morning , when the young man was dressed , the herdsman called to him and said : ` Now listen , and I will tell you what you have to do . ' ` What is it ? ' asked the youth , sulkily . ` Nothing less than to look after two hundred pigs , ' was the reply . ` Oh , I am used to that , ' answered the youth . ` Yes ; but this time you will have to do it properly , ' said the herdsman ; and he took the youth to the place where the pigs were feeding , and told him to drive them to the woods on the side of the mountain . This the young man did , but as soon as they reached the outskirts of the mountain they grew quite wild , and would have run away altogether , had they not luckily gone towards a narrow ravine , from which the youth easily drove them home to his father 's cottage . ` Where do all these pigs come from , and how did you get them ? ' asked the old man in surprise , when his son knocked at the door of the hut he had left only the day before . ` They belong to the king 's chief herdsman , ' answered his son .
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