But now it happened that there was a large palace on the other side of the forest, and there the King lived who owned the forest, and the great, big fields around it. As he was walking up and down in his room he happened to look out through the window and saw the new palace, where the golden weathercocks were swinging to and fro on the roof in the sunlight, dazzling his eyes.
"This is very strange," he thought; and so he called his courtiers. They came rushing in, and began bowing and scraping.
"Do you see the palace over there?" said the King.
They opened their eyes and began to stare.
Yes, of course, they saw it.
"Who is it that has dared to build such a palace on my grounds?" said the King.
They bowed, and they scraped with their feet, but they did not know anything about it.
The King then called his generals and captains.
They came, stood at attention and presented arms.