The youngest is she who will have a ladybird on her eyelid . Be very careful . Now good-bye . ' Next morning King Kostieï again sent for the prince . The young princesses were all drawn up in a row , dressed precisely in the same manner , and with their eyes all cast down . As the prince looked at them , he was amazed at their likeness . Twice he walked along the line , without being able to detect the sign agreed upon . The third time his heart beat fast at the sight of a tiny speck upon the eyelid of one of the girls . ` This one is the youngest , ' he said . ` How in the world did you guess ? ' cried Kostieï in a fury . ` There is some jugglery about it ! But you are not going to escape me so easily . In three hours you shall come here and give me another proof of your cleverness . I shall set alight a handful of straw , and before it is burnt up you will have turned it into a pair of boots . If not , off goes your head . ' So the prince returned sadly into his room , but the bee was there before him . ` Why do you look so melancholy , my handsome Prince ? ' ` How can I help looking melancholy when your father has ordered me to make him a pair of boots ? Does he take me for a shoemaker ? '
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