It was very clever of her , but unluckily the horse had warned the princess what to expect , and when the house was silent , she stole very softly to the genius 's room , and exchanged his faded flowers for those she held . Then she crept back to her own bed and fell fast asleep . At break of day , the old woman ran to see her son , and found , as she knew she would , a bunch of dead flowers in his hand . She next passed on to the bedside of the princess , who still lay asleep grasping the withered flowers . But she did not believe any the more that her guest was a man , and so she told her son . So they put their heads together and laid another trap for her . After breakfast the genius gave his arm to his guest , and asked her to come with him into the garden . For some time they walked about looking at the flowers , the genius all the while pressing her to pick any she fancied . But the princess , suspecting a trap , inquired roughly why they were wasting the precious hours in the garden , when , as men , they should be in the stables looking after their horses . Then the genius told his mother that she was quite wrong , and his deliverer was certainly a man . But the old woman was not convinced for all that . She would try once more she said , and her son must lead his visitor into the armoury , where hung every kind of weapon used all over the world -- some plain and bare , others ornamented with precious stones -- and beg her to make choice of one of them . The princess looked at them closely , and felt the edges and points of their blades , then she hung at her belt an old sword with a curved blade , that would have done credit to an ancient warrior . After this she informed the genius that she would start early next day and take Sunlight with her . And there was nothing for the mother to do but to submit , though she still stuck to her own opinion . The princess mounted Sunlight , and touched him with her spur , when the old horse , who was galloping at her side , suddenly said : ` Up to this time , mistress , you have obeyed my counsels and all has gone well . Listen to me once more , and do what I tell you . I am old , and -- now that there is someone to take my place , I will confess it -- I am afraid that my strength is not equal to the task that lies before me . Give me leave , therefore , to return home , and do you continue your journey under the care of my brother . Put your faith in him as you put it in me , and you will never repent .
Wisdom has XXXXX early to Sunlight . '
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