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           "Asmylordwills,"answeredthedwarf,andbowinglowhelefttheirpresence.Hewasterriblyupset,forhehadnottheleastideahowtomakethepasty.Hewenttohisroomandthereweptandbemoanedhissadfate.ButthegooseMimicametohimand,afterenquiringthecauseofhissorrow,said:"Dryyourtears,forIthinkIcanhelpyouinthismatter.Thisdishwasfrequentlysetuponmyfather’stableandIknowprettywellhowitwasconcocted.EvenifIcannottellyoueverysingleingredient,youwillnodoubtflavourthepiesodeliciouslythatthePrincewillnotdetectanyomission."

           Shethenproceededtonametothedwarfthevariousingredientsrequired.Hewasreadytojumpforjoy,andblessedthedayuponwhichhehadpurchasedthegoose,andthensettoworktomakethepasty.Hemadealittletrialonetobeginwithandittasteddelicious.Hegavetheheadcookapiecetotasteandhecouldnotsayenoughinpraiseofit.Thefollowingmorninghemadealargeoneandsentittotabledecoratedwithwreathsofflowers.HedressedhimselfinhisstaterobesandenteredthedininghalljustasthecarverhadservedtheDukeandhisguestwithslicesofthepasty.TheDuketookalargemouthfulandthencasthiseyesuptowardstheceiling."Ah!"saidhe,assoonashecouldspeak,"thishasbeentrulycalledthequeenofpasties,andasformycook,heisthekingofcooks.