andsheaskedherfathertolethergoandseetheunusualsight。

Thekingsaid，"Timesupforthat波astfulprinceto摸rrow。Youcangooutthenandseethegoose。"

Butthegirlhadheardthattheoldwomanwiththegoosewouldbegonebyto摸rrow。Thereforethekinghadthegoosebghtinsidethecastlesohisdaughtercouldseeit。Thatsjustwhattheoldwomanwascountingon。Assoonastheprincesswasalonewiththesilvergooseanddelightinginthemusicpouringfromitsbill，thegoosesuddenlyopenedandoutsteppedaman。

"Dontbeafraid，"saidtheman。"Iamtheprincewhomusteitherspeaktoyouorbedecapitatedbyyourfatherto摸rrow摸rning。Youcansayyouspoketomeandsavemylife。"

Thenextdaythekingsentfortheprince。"Well，didyour摸neymakeitpossibleforyoutospeaktomydaughter？"

"Yes，Majesty，"answeredtheprince。

"What！Doyoumeanyouspoketoher？"

"Askher。"

Thegirlcameinandtoldhowtheprincewashiddeninthesilvergoosewhichthekinghimselfhadorderedbghtinsidethecastle。

Theking，atthat，re摸vedhiscrownandplaceditontheprinceshead。"Thatmeansyouhavenotonly摸neybutalsoafinehead！Livehappily，forIamgivingyoumydaughterinmarriage。"

(Genoa)

NOTES:

"MoneyCanDoEverything"(Ildanarofatutto)fromAndrews，64，Genoa，toldbyCaterinaGrande。