‘You shall be again,’ he said.
‘But how do you know?’ she asked.
‘I know—oh, well, let’s change the subject. As I said before, it seems to be easy work milking. You might let me try?’
But she said:
‘It wouldn’t be any good. Cherry wouldn’t let any one but me touch her. Besides, I’ve just done, and I’m going to carry the pails to the house.’
‘Let me carry them for you?’ he said quickly.
‘Oh, thanks; if you’ll take two, I’ll take the other two, and thus we shall do it all in one journey,’ she answered.
So he did as he was told, and the pails were put safely in the house.
‘Now I must go and get the eggs,’ she said.
‘Can I be of any use?’ asked the Prince.