in the front yard of the palace before the princess,

but not one pleased her.

Pan she said: ‘Is every member of the court
ere?’

‘All but that miserable Don’t-know,’ said the head-

gardener.

“Send for Don’t-know,’ asked the princess, and

the prince Dan arrived.

Then she went straight up to him and kissed him

on the mouth, and said: ‘That’s the boy for me.’

Now when the sisters and the princes who were

to be their husbands saw and heard this, they were

greatly shocked and offended. However, the king

was so good-natured, and his youngest daughter

so persistent, that there was no help for it, and

the three princesses were married the same day.

But as the two eldest sisters and their princes

were extremely disgusted at the youngest sister’s

choice, and as they represented that it was not

proper for them to live in the palace, the king had

the potato-house cleared out, in which the pota-

toes were usually kept through the winter, and

ated up as the house of Don’t-know and his

wife.

Now one day, soon after the wedding, there was

to be a hunt. So the two princes, as they rode

out to the chase, passed the potato-house, and

saw Don’t-know outside. They laughed and

said: ‘Brother-in-law, are you coming out for

some sport to-day ?’

*Don’t-know.’

‘We suppose you never rode a horse in your life?’

‘Don't know.’

‘Nor killed any game?’

‘Don’t know.’

So away they went, laughing to each other about

this silly brother-in-law of theirs.

Now when they were gone, Dan shook his bridle,

and at once the red horse appeared and the red

I4I

DON’T-
KNOW