"Now," cried he, "at last I will show what a king should really be like. My cousins were neither of them any good, but they shall now see how different I will be." So he was crowned, and again there were great rejoicings all over the country. Next day he sat in state to receive the Chancellor and Prime Minister and hear what they had to say. "My friends," said he to them, "a good King ought to be like a father to his people, and this is what I mean to be. I mean to arrange everything for them myself, and if they will only obey me, and do as I direct, they are sure to be both prosperous and happy." On hearing this both Prime Minister and Chancellor looked anxious, and the Chancellor said, "I fear, your Majesty, your people will not like to be too much meddled with." At this the King was very angry, and bid them see about their own business, and not presume to teach him his. When they had gone he went to take a drive in his city, that he might see it and know it well; but directly he returned to the palace he sent for the Prime Minister, and when he had arrived, said, "I already see much to be altered in my kingdom. I do not like the houses in which many of the people dwell, nor indeed the dresses they wear; but what strikes me most of all is, that wherever I go I smell a strong smell of pea soup. Now, nothing is so unwholesome as pea soup, and therefore it would not be right in me to allow the people to go on eating it. I command, therefore, that no one shall again make, or eat pea soup, within my realm on pain of death." Again the Prime Minister looked very grave, and began to say, "Your Majesty, your subjects will surely not like to be hindered from eating and drinking what pleases them!" But the King cried out in a rage, "Go at once and do as I bid you." So the Prime Minister had to obey. Early next morning when the King arose he heard a great hubbub under his window, and when he went to see what it was, he saw a vast mob of people all shouting, "The King, the King! Where is this King who would dictate to us what we shall eat and drink?" When he saw them he was terribly frightened, and at once sent off for the Prime Minister and Chancellor to come to his aid. "Pray go and tell them to eat what they like," he cried when they arrived; "But, do you know, I find it will not at all suit me to be King. You had best try Aldovrand, or Aldebert, again;" and, so saying, he took off his crown and laid it down, and slipped away out of the palace before either Prime Minister or Chancellor could stop him. He went out of the back door, and ran, and ran, and ran, till he had left the town far behind, and came to the country fields and lanes--the same way that his two cousins had gone; and as he went he met a sweep trudging along carrying his long brooms over his shoulder.