in the morning the old woman had turned into the little dog, and the prince went to his father and told him all that had happened. "an old woman! an old woman! always an old woman!" said his father. "you do nothing but think of old women. how can a strong man like you be so easily frightened?" however, when he saw that his son was really in great terror, and that he really believed the old woman would came back at night, he advised him to say to her, "i will marry you if you can make yourself a young girl again. how can i marry such an old woman as you are?"