By Andrew Lang
ReadOasis Step 3
(Part 2)
The prince wasted no time. He set his horse at the wall and jumped over it. Then he looked about for the three reeds. When he found them, he pulled them up and set off on his way home. As he rode along, one of the reeds knocked against something. It split open and, suddenly, out sprang a lovely girl. She said, “My heart’s love, I am yours and you are mine. Do give me a glass of water.”

But the prince could not give her water because he didn’t have an...