Ogre: Didn't I send ye spying it out, and if it
fails ye to make it out, I'll boil and bake you!
1st Prince: (Looking about and pointing to end
of room.) It might be there.
Ogre: What way would it be on the bare floor?
Search it out.
2nd Prince: (Looking under a bench.) It might
be here.
Ogre: It is not there.
3rd Prince: (Looking up chimney?) This would
be a good hiding-place.
Ogre: (Looks up.) There is nothing in it, only
an old nest of a jackdaw,—a bundle of bare twigs.
Trying to deceive me you are and to lead me astray.
4th Prince: It might be on the shelf.
Ogre: Stop your chat unless you have something
worth saying.
5th Prince: (Sitting down on step under which
sword is hidden.) Are you certain there is any
treasure at all?