“I will not,” answered the lad.
“The mother beat the lad, who ran to his father, saying:
“Father, I dreamed a dream last night; I did not tell it to mother, and I will not tell it to you.”
The father also beat the lad, who was angered and ran away from the house. After a day’s journey he met a traveler.
“Good-day!” said the lad.
“Good-day!” replied the traveler.
“I dreamed a dream,” said the lad; “I did not tell it to my mother, I did not tell it to my father, and I will not tell it to you.”
The lad went on until he came to the Prince’s palace. The Prince was sitting at the door. The lad said:
“Prince, I dreamed a dream; I did not tell it to my mother, I did not tell it to my father, I did not tell it to the traveler, and I will not tell it to you.”
The Prince was angry, and cast the lad into a prison in the cellar of his palace. The lad dug through the wall of his prison with his dagger and opened a hole into the adjacent room which happened to be the dining-room of the Prince’s daughter. The lad finding the maiden’s food in the cupboard, ate it all and withdrew to his prison. Soon the maiden came in, and lo! the food was eaten. This was repeated on several days. The maiden was very anxious to know who it was who ate her food, and one day hiding herself in her wardrobe she began to watch. Soon she saw the lad, who lifting a great stone opened a hole in the wall, crept into her room, took the food from the cupboard and began to help himself. She jumped out, and taking hold of the lad, said: