He looked so sad that his daughter noticed it , and inquired the reason . ` Alas ! my daughter , ' he answered , ` how can I help being sad ? The Sultan has sent me three canes , and says that if I can not tell him which of them grows near the root , which in the middle , and which at the top , he will make war upon me . And you know that his army is far greater than mine . ' ` Oh , do not despair , my father , ' said she . ` We shall be sure to find out the answer ' ; and she ran away to the tower , and told the young man what had occurred . ` Go to bed as usual , ' replied he , ` and when you wake , tell your father that you have dreamed that the canes must be placed in warm water . After a little while one will sink to the bottom ; that is the one that grows nearest the root . The one which neither sinks nor comes to the surface is the cane that is cut from the middle ; and the one that floats is from the top . ' So , the next morning , the princess told her father of her dream , and by her advice he cut notches in each of the canes when he took them out of the water , so that he might make no mistake when he handed them back to the messenger . 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 .
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