“Do not let him in. We will have nothing to do with a lame prince.”
Now the lame prince was very, very tired, for he had had a long journey. He felt that he could go no farther. So when he was not admitted at the front door he went to the kitchen, thinking the cook might let him in.
It was the cook’s night out, and the ugly sister was working in the kitchen.
“Honey, will you let me in?” asked the lame prince.
The ugly sister was so surprised to be called “Honey,” that she let fall a platter which she had in her hand. The platter broke into a hundred pieces!
The prince came in and the ugly sister, whose real name was Marygold, said:
“What shall I do! What shall I do! I have broken the best platter!”
Just then a pixie came dancing into the kitchen. He was a fat little fairy.
“What will you give me if I mend the platter?” he asked.