“Ah,” she replied, “the way is so long, and what shall I do in a strange land where I am unknown?” As she did not seem quite willing, and as they could not be parted from each other, he wished that she might be changed into a beautiful pink, and took her with him. Then he went away to his own country, and the poodle had to run after him. He went to the tower in which his mother was confined, and as it was so high, he wished for a ladder which would reach up to the very top.

Then he mounted up and looked inside, and cried, “Beloved mother, Lady Queen, are you still alive, or are you dead?”

She answered, “I have just eaten, and am still satisfied,” for she thought the angels were there.