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but his eyelashes were still long and curvy. A king lived in that town

who was feared and respected by the people. Whenever he sneezed,
messengers announced it in every corner of the kingdom. Every

subject was expected to say ‘Bless You’ to the king.

One day, the king sneezed, and the messengers met the star-eyed

shepherd in the meadow with his sheep. They ordered the shepherd to
say ‘Bless You’ because the king had sneezed. But he refused to say so

until the king gave him his only daughter. That was a very courageous
step to take. “You have

to obey this order,”
said a messenger.

The shepherd had
never seen the king’s

daughter. Moreover,
it would earn him the

king’s wrath. He said
loud and clear, “Why

should I say ‘Bless You’
to the king?” If I have

to say so, I will do so
only if the king gives

me his daughter’s hand in marriage.”

He was taken to the king’s court where he repeated his condition.

The king was outraged that a shepherd was subject person who lives in a
asking for his daughter in return for uttering kingdom and is governed by
‘Bless You’. He ordered his soldiers, “Take him its king
wrath anger
away right now. He must be punished. Let him loud and clear to express

spend a night with wild boars.” oneself very clearly
outraged very angry as a
The shepherd was taken and pushed into a big result of insult

hole in the earth where wild boars had been uttering saying something
kept. They looked ferocious and had strong boar a wild pig
claws. The shepherd started playing his flute, ferocious frightening and
violent

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