A father and mother once lived whose son was a dreamer. One morning the lad arose and said to his mother:

“Mother, I dreamed a dream last night, but I will not tell it.”

“Why will you not tell it?” asked the mother.

“I will not,” answered the lad.

“The mother beat the lad, who ran to his father, saying:

“Father, I dreamed a dream last night; I did not tell it to mother, and I will not tell it to you.”

The father also beat the lad, who was angered and ran away from the house. After a day’s journey he met a traveler.

“Good-day!” said the lad.

“Good-day!” replied the traveler.

“I dreamed a dream,” said the lad; “I did not tell it to my mother, I did not tell it to my father, and I will not tell it to you.”

The lad went on until he came to the Prince’s palace. The Prince was sitting at the door. The lad said:

“Prince, I dreamed a dream; I did not tell it to my mother, I did not tell it to my father, I did not tell it to the traveler, and I will not tell it to you.”