when they had got a little distance away, the king’s daughter peeped round and saw her father behind her. "oh," said she, "what are we to do? my father is behind us, and will take us back with him. i will at once change thee into a briar, and myself into a rose, and i will shelter myself in the midst of the bush." when the father reached the place, there stood a briar with one rose on it, then he was about to gather the rose, when the thorn came and pricked his finger so that he was forced to go home again. his wife asked why he had not brought their daughter back with him? so he said he had nearly got up to her, but that all at once he had lost sight of her, and a briar with one rose was growing on the spot.