But the gooseherd was never seen again, and no one knew what became of him; while the old lord went home once more to his Palace by the sea, for he could not stay at Court, when he had sworn never to look on his granddaughter's face.
Then the gooseherd smiled to himself, and played sweeter than ever.
Then came the gooseherd running after me, and called aloud in the village, 'The boy has stolen my goose!
Footnote 2: Little Hans of Sweinichen was deprived of his post as gooseherd because he had tried to keep the geese quiet by gagging them with small pieces of wood.
The gooseherd gloomily and suspiciously named a sum.
BOY (laughing): You herd the geese--a pretty gooseherd you would make!
The gooseherd stood in the middle of the square, calling his flock together from all quarters, with a voice, as it seemed to me, more expressive of alarm and anger than of invitation.
But the gooseherd was never seen again, and no one knew what became of him; while the old lord went home once more to his palace by the sea, for he could not stay at court when he had sworn never to look on his granddaughter's face.
