Sascha. How did you get lost?
Prince. We wanted to see our beautiful forest——
Princess. You see, we have only been here for a few days.
Prince. So we started out for a little walk. We didn't mean to go far at all, but before we knew it we had lost sight of the castle.
Princess. And though we tried and tried to find it again, we kept getting deeper into the forest.
Sascha. But how did you come to the village? It isn't very far from the castle, but it is hard to find unless you know the road, or just the right path in the forest.
Kolinka. Yes, how did you come here?
Princess. An old woman found us wandering about trying to find the path, and she brought us here. Such a strange old woman, all wrinkled and bent.
Prince. She seemed to know just how to come here, though I couldn't tell what was guiding her.
Princess. And she was so good and kind to us—but she never spoke once, all the way.