now the queen-mother was restless. she could hear the young queens piping in their cells, and she knew that they wanted to come out and drive her away. she wanted to get to them and stop their piping, but the workers stood in her way and prevented her. they knew it would not be well for the queen-mother to meet her royal children, and when these children tried to come out the workers covered the doors of their cells with another layer of wax, leaving little holes where they could put out their tongues and be fed.