Hij had het van zijn grootvader, die had gezien dat er al veel prinsen geweest waren, die door de doornhaag hadden willen dringen, maar ze waren eraan blijven hangen en treurig omgekomen. ###>The old man had been told by his grandfather that many king's sons had sought to pass the thorn-hedge, but had been caught and pierced by the thorns, and had died a miserable death.