The Louse-DrumIn a country a long way from here a king had a pretty daughter who played a drum that could be heard all over the kingdom. Since kings in those days used to invite princes to their palaces so that their daughters could look them over, this king held a banquet, and princes came from near and far. The one who guessed what the princess’s drum was made of would win her hand.Not a single one guessed correctly.Now, the princess was in love with a certain prince who lived in town but hadn’t dared show up at the palace because he was an enemy of the king. So one day the princess was on her balcony when this prince was standing at his window, and she called out to him, “Come guess! Tell them the drum is made from the skin of a louse that my maidservant found on my head.” Unfortunately the prince was not close enough to catch this information.But an old man sitting under the balcony heard every word. He got up and went straight to the palace guard and asked for an audience with the king.
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