the bamboo-cutter took the box from the knight and, as usual, carried it in to her and tried to coax her to see the knight at once, but princess moonlight refused, saying that she must first put the skin to test by putting it into the fire. if it were the real thing it would not burn. so she took off the crape wrapper and opened the box, and then threw the skin into the fire. the skin crackled and burnt up at once, and the princess knew that this man also had not fulfilled his word. so the third knight failed also.