When night came the Princess was so frightened that she said to Frisk : ` Oh ! Do please keep on barking for fear the soles should come and eat us up ! ' Now it happened that they had floated close in to the shore , where a poor old man lived all alone in a little cottage . When he heard Frisk 's barking he thought to himself : ` There must have been a shipwreck ! ' -LRB- for no dogs ever passed that way by any chance -RRB- , and he went out to see if he could be of any use . He soon saw the Princess and Frisk floating up and down , and Rosette , stretching out her hands to him , cried : ` Oh ! Good old man , do save me , or I shall die of cold and hunger ! ' When he heard her cry out so piteously he was very sorry for her , and ran back into his house to fetch a long boat-hook . Then he waded into the water up to his chin , and after being nearly drowned once or twice he at last succeeded in getting hold of the Princess 's bed and dragging it on shore . Rosette and Frisk were joyful enough to find themselves once more on dry land , and the Princess thanked the old man heartily ; then , wrapping herself up in her blankets , she daintily picked her way up to the cottage on her little bare feet . There the old man lighted a fire of straw , and then drew from an old box his wife 's dress and shoes , which the Princess put on , and thus roughly clad looked as charming as possible , and Frisk danced his very best to amuse her . The old man saw that Rosette must be some great lady , for her bed coverings were all of satin and gold . He begged that she would tell him all her history , as she might safely trust him . The Princess told him everything , weeping bitterly again at the thought that it was by the King 's orders that she had been thrown overboard . ` And now , my daughter , what is to be done ? ' said the old man . ` You are a great Princess , accustomed to fare daintily , and I have nothing to offer you but black bread and radishes , which will not suit you at all . Shall I go and tell the King of the Peacocks that you are here ? If he sees you he will certainly wish to marry you . ' ` Oh no ! '
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