when it dawned on the prince that he had been speaking to a good fairy , and putting the little bell carefully in his pocket , he rode home and told his father that he meant to set the daughter of the flower queen free , and intended setting out on the following day into the wide world in search of the maid . so the next morning the prince mounted his fine horse and left his home . he had roamed round the world for a whole year , and his horse had died of exhaustion , while he himself had suffered much from want and misery , but still he had come on no trace of her he was in search of . at last one day he came to a hut , in front of which sat a very old man . the prince asked him , ' do you not know where the dragon lives who keeps the daughter of the flower queen prisoner ? '
why did the prince suffer much from want and misery ?
he had roamed round the world for a whole year , and his horse had died of exhaustion .
he had roamed round the world for a whole year , and his horse had died of exhaustion .