The second day a fox that had been caught in a trap called out to him:
"Help me, brother, help me and—who knows?—some day I may help you!"
The Prince opened the trap and the fox, before it limped away, gave the Prince one of its hairs and said:
"If ever you need me, rub this hair."
The third day he met a raven that had fallen on a thorn and was pinned to the ground.
"Help me, brother, help me!" the raven begged, "and—who knows?—some day I may help you!"
The Prince lifted the raven off the thorn and the raven, before it flew away, gave the Prince one of its feathers saying:
"If ever you need me, rub this feather."
So the Prince reached the house of the Old Woman of the Mountain with the fish's scale, the fox's hair, and the raven's feather each safely tied in a corner of his handkerchief.
The Old Woman of the Mountain was an ugly old witch with a long nose that hooked down and a long chin that hooked up.