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 pale. Every one around the palace tried his best to invent some dish which would tempt the prince's appetite.

Finally the little maid who took care of the hens said that she thought she could prepare a dish which the prince would eat. Accordingly she made a dish of broth for the prince and in the bottom of the dish she dropped the jewel which the prince had given her. When the broth was set before the prince he was about to send it away untouched, just as he did everything else, but the sparkling jewel attracted his attention.

"Who made this dish of broth?" he asked as soon as he could speak. "It was made by the little maid who minds the hens," replied his mother.