Parker Hoysted Fillmore

“ So then Yan, because he always did anything the princess asked him when she said: “Please,” told her his true name and his rank.
The princess, overjoyed to hear that her dear shepherd was really a prince, carried him off to her father, the king.
“This is the man I shall marry,” she said, “this and none other.”
So Yan and the merry little princess were married and lived very happily. And the people of the country when they speak of the princess always say:
“That’s a princess for you! Why, even if she is a princess, she always says ‘Please’ to her own husband!” ”

“ Take this shepherd’s ax. If ever you have to leave your sheep alone, plant it in the earth and the sheep, instead of straying, will graze around it. Last, here is a shepherd’s pipe. When you blow upon it your sheep will dance and play. Farewell and good luck go with you.”
The prince thanked the beggar for his gifts and then trudged on to the kingdom where the beautiful princess lived. He presented himself at the palace as a shepherd in quest of work and he told them his name was Yan. ”

“ He hadn’t gone far before he met a beggar who begged him, in God’s name, for a piece of bread. The prince at once gave him one of the four loaves. A little farther on a second beggar held out his hand and begged for a piece of bread. To him the prince gave the second loaf. ”