and now the old queen said she must be burnt, but the prince found means to beg her off. but when the third child was to be born, a watch was set three times as strong as the first, but just the same thing happened. her foster-mother came while the watch slept, took the babe, and cut its little finger, and smeared the queen's mouth with the blood, telling her now she should be as grieved as she had been when the lassie let out the sun.