she assumed the shape of a bee and went along buzzing, and buzzing, and buzzing. her keen sense of smell soon brought her to the beautiful princess, to whom she appeared as an old hag, holding in one hand a stick by way of support. she introduced herself to the beautiful princess and said, "i am your aunt, whom you have never seen before, because i left the country just after your birth." she also embraced and kissed the princess by way of adding force to her words. the beautiful princess was thoroughly deceived. she returned the ogress's embrace, and invited her to come and stay in the house as long as she could, and treated her with such honour and attention, that the ogress thought to herself, "i shall soon accomplish my errand." when she had been in the house three days, she began to talk of the charmed ring, and advised her to keep it instead of her husband, because the latter was constantly out shooting and on other such-like expeditions, and might lose it. accordingly the beautiful princess asked her husband for the ring, and he readily gave it to her.