“Hush!” said the maiden.
“The Solar Wave,” said the men, looking over at the prince; and they passed on.
“This is the oddest place I ever saw,” said Tina; but as she looked up at her companion, she saw that the tears were running down her cheeks, and she stooped down and kissed Tina on the forehead.
Then she said, “Keep fifty yards behind me, and you will be safe.” And leaving Tina, she went toward the sleeping prince.
The geese stood aside and let her pass on.
She knelt down by the brook, and taking some water up in the hollow of her hand, she dropped a drop on each of the prince’s eyelids.
He awoke with a start, and looked at her.
“It is time,” she said.
He took her by the hand, and they walked off together. The geese all marched to the brink of the brook, and stood there till they were out of sight.