so the queen went home and did as she had been told: and next morning at sunrise she stole out into the garden and lifted up the little drinking-cup. she was surprised, for indeed she had hardly expected to see anything. but there were the two roses underneath it, one red and one white. and now she was dreadfully puzzled, for she did not know which to choose. "if i choose the red one," she thought, "and i have a little boy, he may grow up and go to the wars and get killed.