please him she went to Lily's house, and then came back and said:
"My children, I went there and stayed with her for some time
without speaking. But she spoke herself of my naughtiness in
mentioning you, and struck me again on the chest with three
fingers stained red. So I came back in disgrace."

Then the counsellor's son whispered to the prince: "Don't be
alarmed, my friend. When she left the marks of three red fingers
on the old woman's heart, she meant to say very cleverly that there
were three dangerous days coming." So the counsellor's son
comforted the prince.

And when three days were gone, he sent the old woman to Lily
again. And this time she went and was very respectfully
entertained, and treated to wine and other things the whole day.
But when she was ready to go back in the evening, a terrible
shouting was heard outside. They heard people running and crying:
"Oh, oh! A mad elephant has escaped from his stable and is
running around and stamping on people."

Then Lily said to the old woman: "Mother, you must not go
through the street now where the elephant is. I will put you in a
swing and let you down with ropes through this great window into
the garden. Then you can climb into a tree and jump on the wall,
and go home by way of another tree." So she had her servants let
the old woman down from the window into the garden by a
rope-swing. And the old woman went home and told the prince
and the counsellor's son all about it.

Then the counsellor's son said to the prince: "My friend, your