By Andrew Lang
Retold by ReadOasis
ReadOasis Step 3
(Part 4)

When he got near the town, he packed his soldiers and his horse into the apples again. On his return to the palace, the keeper of the house yelled at him for staying away for so long.

?Where have you been for so long you do-nothing, lazy-bones? You think I can take care of the whole palace by myself?? said the keeper of the house. The prince said nothing and went back to work.

The whole matter might have ended right there. But the p...