" o , yes , " said the youth . " you shall know about it , but first of all let us be married ; before that nothing counts ! " the following evening the princess pretended to be quite unhappy . she was well aware , said she , that he did not attach much importance to her love , when he would not even tell her what she wanted so much to know . if he could not even oblige her in such a small matter , his love could not amount to a great deal . then the youth fell into despair , and to make up with her again , he told her everything . she lost no time , and let the king and queen know all about it . thereupon they agreed as to how they would go about getting the youth 's ring away from him , and then , thought they , it would not really be hard to get rid of him .
to trick the youth .
why did the princess pretend to be unhappy ?
why did the princess pretend to be unhappy ?