next day he was to hide himself; but howsoever much he puzzled his brains over it, he did not know where. he went into the forest to the raven and said, "i let thee live on, so now tell me where i am to hide myself, so that the king’s daughter shall not see me." the raven hung his head and thought it over for a longtime. at length he croaked, "i have it." he fetched an egg out of his nest, cut it into two parts, and shut the youth inside it; then made it whole again, and seated himself on it. when the king’s daughter went to the first window she could not discover him, nor could she from the others, and she began to be uneasy, but from the eleventh she saw him. she ordered the raven to be shot, and the egg to be brought and broken, and the youth was forced to come out. she said, "for once thou art excused, but if thou dost not do better than this, thou art lost!"