The Sultan could not imagine how he had found out , but he did not declare war . The following year the Sultan again wanted to pick a quarrel with the king of the Magyars , so he sent another messenger to him with three foals , begging him to say which of the animals was born in the morning , which at noon , and which in the evening . If an answer was not ready in three days , war would be declared at once . The king 's heart sank when he read the letter . He could not expect his daughter to be lucky enough to dream rightly a second time , and as a plague had been raging through the country , and had carried off many of his soldiers , his army was even weaker than before . At this thought his face became so gloomy that his daughter noticed it , and inquired what was the matter . ' I have had another letter from the Sultan , ' replied the king , ` and he says that if I can not tell him which of three foals was born in the morning , which at noon , and which in the evening , he will declare war at once . ' ` Oh , do n't be cast down , ' said she , ` something is sure to happen ' ; and she ran down to the tower to consult the youth . ` Go home , idol of my heart , and when night comes , pretend to scream out in your sleep , so that your father hears you . Then tell him that you have dreamt that he was just being carried off by the Turks because he could not answer the question about the foals , when the lad whom he had shut up in the tower ran up and told them which was foaled in the morning , which at noon , and which in the evening . ' So the princess did exactly as the youth had bidden her ; and no sooner had she spoken than the king ordered the tower to be pulled down , and the prisoner brought before him . ' I did not think that you could have lived so long without food , ' said he , ` and as you have had plenty of time to repent your wicked conduct , I will grant you pardon , on condition that you help me in a sore strait . Read this letter from the Sultan ; you will see that if I fail to answer his question about the foals , a dreadful war will be the result . ' The youth took the letter and read it through . ` Yes , I can help you , ' replied he ; ` but first you must bring me three troughs , all exactly alike . Into one you must put oats , into another wheat , and into the third barley . The foal which eats the oats is that which was foaled in the morning ; the foal which eats the wheat is that which was foaled at noon ; and the foal which eats the barley is that which was foaled at night . ' The king followed the youth 's directions , and , marking the foals , sent them back to Turkey , and there was no war that year . Now the Sultan was very angry that both his plots to get possession of Hungary had been such total failures , and he sent for his aunt , who was a witch , to consult her as to what he should do next . ` It is not the king who has answered your questions , ' observed the aunt , when he had told his story .
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