one day the king 's daughters were sitting together in their room , and their talk happened to turn on their husbands - to - be . the oldest said : " if i ever marry , my husband must have golden hair and a a golden beard ! " and the second exclaimed : " and mine must have silver hair and a silver beard ! " but the youngest princess held her tongue and said nothing . then her sisters asked her whether she did not want to wish for a husband . " no , " she answered , " but if fate should give me a husband , i will be content to take him as he is , and were he no more than a lame dog . " then the two other princesses laughed and joked about it , and told her the day might easily come when she would change her mind .
they will marry someone exactly as they wished .
who will the king's daughters marry ?
who will the king's daughters marry ?