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In this way the week went by , the King 's heart beating a little faster each morning as Saturday approached , and he wondered by what ruse he could explain his absence without creating suspicion or breaking his pledge . On Saturday morning the Lad said to the King : `` This is a half-day . You must make your shoe this morning or not at all . It is my custom at one o'clock to close the forge and go to visit my Great-Aunt . I will be work again on Monday , till when you must shift for yourself . '' The King could hardly believe his luck in having matters so well settled , and he spent the morning so diligently that by noon he had produced a shoe which , if not that of a master-craftsman , was at least adaptable to the purpose for which it had been fashioned . The Lad examined it and said reluctantly , `` It will do , '' and proceeded to show the King how to fasten it to Pepper 's hoof .