sentences:  Veruna explains to the other two women about how the barrel is a trap.She also visits the Princess who will visit her husband in the summerhouse in the evening instead of Bětuška and give him a slap
  
  Spring festivities are taking place complete with dancing, beer and a Maypole which a villager climbs to win a prize.As the Prince draws the celebrations to a close, various characters sing of their hopes to end up in Bětuška's arms, to humiliate other characters or, in Bětuška's own case, to end up in Jeník's arms ("Kéž mi již zavitá blažená chvíle").