He struck a light, and there stood one of his obedient dogs.
"Bring the Princess," ordered the soldier, and the dog vanished to do his master's will.
The old dame sat beside the Princess's bed. She had heard all about the Princess's dream.
"Was she dreaming herself now?" she wondered. She pinched herself.—No, she was wide awake, yet she saw a dog, a real dog with eyes as large as saucers, in front of her.
The dog seized the Princess, and ran off; but although he ran very quickly, the old dame found time to put on her goloshes before she followed.
How she panted along! How she ran, the faithful old dame! She was just in time to see the Princess on the dog's back disappear into a large house.
"I shall mark the house, so that I may know it in the morning," she thought. And she took a piece of white chalk and made a great white cross on the door.
Then she walked home and slept.
Soon afterwards the dog carried the Princess back to the copper palace, and noticed the great white cross on the door of the hotel where his master lived.
And what do you think he did? Oh, he was a wise dog. He took a piece of chalk, and he put a great white cross on every door in the town.