ok out his little bell and rang it
twice.

In a moment the King of the Foxes stood before him and said: 'I know
already what you want, and will summon all the foxes of the world
together to find the mare who has hidden herself in a hill.'

With these words the King of the Foxes disappeared, and in the evening
many thousand foxes brought the mare to the Prince.

Then he rode home to the Mother Dragon, from whom he received this
time a cloak made of silver, and again she led him to the ball-room.

The Flower Queen's daughter was delighted to see him safe and sound,
and when they were dancing together she whispered in his ear: 'If you
succeed again to-morrow, wait for me with the foal in the meadow.
After the ball we will fly away together.'

On the third day the Prince led the mare to the meadow again; but once
more she vanished before his eyes. Then the Prince took out his little
bell and rang it three times.

In a moment the King of the Fishes appeared, and said to him: 'I know
quite well what you want me to do, and I will summon all the fishes of
the sea together, and tell them to bring you back the mare, who is
hiding herself in a river.'

Towards evening the mare was returned to him, and when he led her home
to the Mother Dragon she said to him:

'You are a brave youth, and I will make you my body-servant. But what
shall I give you as a reward to begin with?'

The Prince begged for a foal of the mare, which the Mother Dragon at
once gave him, and over and above, a cloak made of gold, for she had
fallen in love with him because he had praised her beauty.

[Illustration: The Flower Queen's Daughter.

In Winter When Everything is Dead She Must Come and Live With Me In My
Place Underground.]

So in the evening he appeared at the ball in his golden cloak; but
before the entertainment was over he slipped away, and went straight
to the stables, where he mounted his foal and rode out into the meadow
to wait for the Flower Queen's daughter. Towards midnight the
beautiful girl appeared, and placing her in front of him on his horse,
the Prince and she flew like the wind till they reached the Flower
Queen's dwelling. But the dragons had noticed their flight, and woke
their brother out of his year's sleep. He flew into a terrible rage
when he heard what had happened, and determined to lay siege to the
Flower Queen's palace; but the Queen caused a forest of flowers as
high as the sky to grow up round her dwelling, t