"A girl with skin like gold and hair like cloud, in her chignon we see flowers of diamond and pearl neatly stuck." But, alas, the girl's eyes are shut. Not dead, not alive either, the girl is fast asleep. Her eyes are firmly shut, as if the sleep of the whole world has settled there. Her sleep remains unbroken during the night, it remains unbroken during the day as well. Her sleep is broken only when the old ogress wishes.
The girl sleeps on. At her head and at her feet lie two magic wands, one of gold, one of silver. A prince of a distant land has a vision of the girl in his dream and he at once sails his magnificant peacock boat over the seven seas and comes looking for the girl of his dream. In the golden light of the morning sun one sees a million diamonds sparkle on the waves of the flowing river. The prince's boat moves on through the waves.
