The golden crab

ately he knew her again, and said:
`Do you remember how I told you that day that you would betray me? Now you see that I spoke the truth. But all that bad time is past. Now listen to me: I must still remain enchanted for three months. Will you stay here with me till that time is over?`
So the Princess stayed with him, and said to the old man, `Go back to the castle and tell my parents that I am staying here.` Her parents were very much vexed when the old man came back and told them this, but as soon as the three months of the Prince`s enchantment were over, he ceased to be an eagle and became once more a man, and they returned home together. And then they lived happily, and we who hear the story are happier still.