92 Fairy Tales

pigs and nobody knew what besides; and
crumbs for the birds, and nuts for the
squirrels, and if the hares nibbled in the
garden—well, well, after all, why not? And
Karl should be a soldier when he was big
enough, and Peter should go to college, but
Hans himself begged that he might stay and
help his father.

“Only he must always be my brother,”
said the prince softly.