And who would dare to cross my path
To try and win this princess fair?
Oh, can you tell me who would dare?
"Well," said the twenty-headed Gallopus, when he had finished, "can you tell me who would dare?"
"No," said Ting, "I can't. I thought maybe I would, but I've changed my mind."
"And quite right, too," said the monster, "you show good sense, for it is certainly foolish to attempt what is impossible. And besides, the Princess is very happy in the castle anyway."
"How do you know?" asked the Prince.
"Well," said the Gallopus, "she has never complained, and even if she did I would be too bashful to listen to her. I don't know what it is, but it makes me dreadfully nervous to talk to girls. I get so confused and everything. Do you?"
"Oh, no," said Ting, "I like to talk to girls."
The twenty-headed Gallopus looked at him admiringly. "Hum," he said, "you're much braver than I thought you were. No wonder you thought you could fight me. And now I think you had better run along back home for I want to take a little nap."