A considerable time passed by, and the princesses grew up to be the most
beautiful girls that could be seen far or near. Then a war began, and
the king had to leave his home.
One day, while he was away at the seat of war, the three princesses sat
at a window looking at how the sun shone on the flowers in the garden.
They felt that they would like very much to go and play among the
flowers, and they begged the guards to let them out for a little while
to walk in the garden. The guards refused, for they were afraid of the
king, but the girls begged of them so prettily and so earnestly that
they could not long refuse them, so they let them do as they wished. The
princesses were delighted, and ran out into the garden, but their
pleasure was short-lived. Scarcely had they got into the open air when a
cloud came down and carried them off, and no one could find them again,
though they searched the wide world over.
The whole of the people mourned, and the king, as you may imagine, was
very much grieved when, on his return home, he learned what had
happened.
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