And while he slept he dreamt that there appeared before him a beautiful lady , dressed in a robe of cloth of gold , who said to him : ` Go to the castle of Beloeil , and there you shall marry a princess . ' That evening the little cow-boy , who had been thinking a great deal about the advice of the lady in the golden dress , told his dream to the farm people . But , as was natural , they only laughed at the Star Gazer . The next day at the same hour he went to sleep again under the same tree . The lady appeared to him a second time , and said : ` Go to the castle of Beloeil , and you shall marry a princess . ' In the evening Michael told his friends that he had dreamed the same dream again , but they only laughed at him more than before . ` Never mind , ' he thought to himself ; ` if the lady appears to me a third time , I will do as she tells me . ' The following day , to the great astonishment of all the village , about two o'clock in the afternoon a voice was heard singing : ` Raleo , raleo , How the cattle go ! ' It was the little cow-boy driving his herd back to the byre . The farmer began to scold him furiously , but he answered quietly , ' I am going away , ' made his clothes into a bundle , said good-bye to all his friends , and boldly set out to seek his fortunes . There was great excitement through all the village , and on the top of the hill the people stood holding their sides with laughing , as they watched the Star Gazer trudging bravely along the valley with his bundle at the end of his stick . It was enough to make anyone laugh , certainly . III It was well known for full twenty miles round that there lived in the castle of Beloeil twelve princesses of wonderful beauty , and as proud as they were beautiful , and who were besides so very sensitive and of such truly royal blood , that they would have felt at once the presence of a pea in their beds , even if the mattresses had been laid over it . It was whispered about that they led exactly the lives that princesses ought to lead , sleeping far into the morning , and never getting up till mid-day . They had twelve beds all in the same room , but what was very extraordinary was the fact that though they were locked in by triple bolts , every morning their satin shoes were found worn into holes . When they were asked what they had been doing all night , they always answered that they had been asleep ; and , indeed , no noise was ever heard in the room , yet the shoes could not wear themselves out alone ! At last the Duke of Beloeil ordered the trumpet to be sounded , and a proclamation to be made that whoever could discover how his daughters wore out their shoes should choose one of them for his wife . On hearing the proclamation a number of princes arrived at the castle to try their luck . They watched all night behind the open door of the princesses , but when the morning came they had all disappeared , and no one could tell what had become of them . IV When he reached the castle , Michael went straight to the gardener and offered his services .
Now it happened that the garden boy had just been sent away , and though the Star Gazer did not look very sturdy , the gardener agreed to take him , as he thought XXXXX his pretty face and golden curls would please the princesses .
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