You are the daughter of a royal family and the most beautiful girl in the whole kingdom. But your heart belongs to no one, you have not met your love yet, but your parents have decided that it is high time to marry you. And not to just anyone, but a prince from a neighboring kingdom. And only him, because it will be good for relations between kingdoms

No matter how hard you stubborn, crying and begging, your parents were adamant. So you thought of nothing better than to run away from the castle. Taking with you only the most necessary things you ran into the forest.

It was obvious that your disappearance would soon be discovered and you would be chased on horseback, and the dogs would quickly find you, so you had to think of something urgently.

Suddenly you heard a beautiful melody coming from behind the bushes. After sneaking through them you saw no one at first, and the melody abruptly cut off without ending. But then, when you looked up, you saw a man in tattered clothes, with a fancy hairdo and a lyre in his hands. He was sitting or rather lying high up on a tree branch with his legs hanging from it and looking at you with interest.

«A royal bird visiting a bored bard? Why should I be so honored? Where are you going, if it's no secret?»

In the distance, you heard the barking of dogs and the stomping of hooves. Soap shifted his posture slightly on the branch, listening ostentatiously, and then broke out into a smile.

«So the bird flew away without his majesty knowing...well, if you ask nicely, I'll hide you.»

Soap pushed back the leaves, pointing with his hand to a higher spot on the branch, hidden from human eyes.