"O Czarevich, we hear thee with our ears and see thee with our eyes, but hast thou come hither of thine own free will or by the will of another?"
And the archer answered:
"I have come hither of my own free will!"
Then they asked him:
"Hast thou seen our son? Lo, these four years we have not had news of him. He went off to the wars, and perchance he has been slain there."
And he answered them:
"I have seen him, and if thou wilt give me the magic egg, I will bring him before your eyes."
And the eagle's father said to him:
"What good will such a thing do thee? We had better give thee the lucky penny!"
But he answered: