III. The Good and the Bad Characters.
1. The Drummer was brave, kind to his parents and loved the princess, but he tricked the two quarreling men, and disobeyed and forgot the princess.
2. The King’s Daughter was always helpful, faithful and lovable.
3, 4 and 5. The Three Giants were usually cruel but were afraid of the Drummer and so behaved very well.
6. The Two Men were very unwise to quarrel and perhaps deserved to lose their saddle.
7. The Witch was cruel, deceitful and always bad, deserving her awful fate.
8. The Drummer’s Parents were good people, for they knew nothing of the princess when they tried to marry their son to another.
9. The Maiden was a commonplace person who did not really love the Drummer.
IV. The Unreal and Magical Things.
1. There are no glass mountains, but an iceberg resembles one.