and wept very much, and said that she should not go into the
forest. But the daughter said, "What you have promised you must
do;" and so she went into the forest, to find the Lion. The Lion
was an Enchanted Prince, and all his servants were also turned
into lions; and so they remained all day; but at night they all
changed back again into men. Now when the Lion Prince saw the
merchant's daughter, he fell in love with her, and took her to a
fine castle, and at night, when he became a man, they were
married, and lived very happily, and in great splendour. One day
the Prince said to his wife, "To-morrow your eldest sister is to
be married; if you would like to be there, my lions shall go
with you." So she went, and the lions with her, and there were
great rejoicings in her father's house, because they were afraid
that she had been torn to pieces in the forest; and after
staying some time, she went back to her husband. After a while,
the Prince said to his wife, "To-morrow your second sister is
going to be married," and she replied, "This time I will not go
alone, for you shall go with me." Then he told her how dangerous
that would be, for if a single ray from a burning light fell
upon him, he would be changed into a Dove, and in that form
would have to fly about for seven years. But the Princess very
much wanted him to go, and in order to protect him from the
light, she had a room built with thick walls, so that no light
could get through, and there he was to sit while the bridal
candles were burning. But by some accident, the door of the room
was made of new wood, which split, and made a little chink, and
through this chink one ray of light from the torches of the
bridal procession fell like a hair upon the Prince, and he was
instantly changed in form; and when his wife came to tell him
that all danger was over, she found only a White Dove, who said