Queen Ulla's eyes widened with dawning realization, "Princess, we meet again."
The crown's liberator awarded her gift on bended knees to the queen. Horns and spurs transformed into sparkling diamonds and sapphires as the gold corona took a magnificent shape. In thanks, the past and future wearer of the enchanted diadem called sagely for her elk to come out of the shadowy woods.
"Take my steed and you will be delivered home safely and in great haste over stock and stone."
The dauntless rider leaped onto the spirited animal's back, and with that they galloped across high hills, low hills, sheep walks, and ox trails, over lofty mountains, and through the storybook valley that led to her kingdom.
