but the fairy queen suddenly tightened her rein , and the grey palfrey stopped short in its wild career . " now must thou descend to earth , thomas , " said the lady , glancing over her shoulder at her unhappy captive , " and lout down , and lay thy head on my knee , and i will show thee hidden things , which can not be seen by mortal eyes . " so thomas dismounted , and louted down , and rested his head on the fairy queen 's knee ; and lo , as he looked once more over the desert , everything seemed changed . for he saw three roads leading across it now , which he had not noticed before , and each of these three roads was different . one of them was broad , and level , and even , and it ran straight on across the sand , so that no one who was travelling by it could possibly lose his way .
everything seemed changed .
what happened after thomas looked once more over the desert ?
what happened after thomas looked once more over the desert ?