so he took pen and ink and wrote something , and when he had done jack my hedgehog pointed out the way and the king got safely home . now when the king 's daughter saw her father returning in the distance she was so delighted that she ran to meet him and threw herself into his arms . then the king remembered jack my hedgehog , and he told his daughter how he had been obliged to give a written promise to bestow whatever he first met when he got home on an extraordinary creature which had shown him the way . the creature , said he , rode on a cock as though it had been a horse , and it made lovely music , but as it certainly could not read he had just written that he would _ not _ give it anything at all . at this the princess was quite pleased , and said how cleverly her father had managed , for that of course nothing would induce her to have gone off with jack my hedgehog .
the king 's daughter .
who saw the king returning in the distance ?
who saw the king returning in the distance ?