The princess was just going out for a walk , and directly she saw him lying there , she burst into tears and fell on her knees beside him . ` My dear little fox , you are not dead , ' she wailed ; ` you poor , poor little creature , you shall have the finest coffin in the world ! ' ' A coffin for an animal ? ' said Count Piro . ` What nonsense ! just take him by the leg and throw him into the ditch . ' Then the fox sprang up and cried : ` You wretched , thankless beggar ; have you forgotten that you owe all your riches to me ? ' Count Piro was frightened when he heard these words , as he thought that perhaps the fox might have power to take away the castle , and leave him as poor as when he had nothing to eat but the pears off his tree . So he tried to soften the fox 's anger , saying that he had only spoken in joke , as he had known quite well that he was not really dead . For the sake of the princess , the fox let himself be softened , and he lived in the castle for many years , and played with Count Piro 's children . And when he actually did die , his coffin was made of silver , and Count Piro and his wife followed him to the grave . -LSB- From Sicilianische Mahrchen . -RSB- The Rogue And The Herdsman In a tiny cottage near the king 's palace there once lived an old man , his wife , and his son , a very lazy fellow , who would never do a stroke of work . He could not be got even to look after their one cow , but left her to look after herself , while he lay on a bank and went to sleep in the sun . For a long time his father bore with him , hoping that as he grew older he might gain more sense ; but at last the old man 's patience was worn out , and he told his son that he should not stay at house in idleness , and must go out into the world to seek his fortune . The young man saw that there was no help for it , and he set out with a wallet full of food over his shoulder . 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 XXXXX I am the chief herdsman of the king . '
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