The princess jumped into the lake. Underwater, she grabbed the prince's shoulders and tugged. But she couldn't move him. She came up for air and almost screamed. The water was up to the prince's eyes!
Ellen tilted his head back. His nose and mouth were above the surface now.
"But he's not breathing!" she thought in a panic. "What should I do?"
Suddenly love—and water—brought back all her strength. She dived in again and pulled with her whole might. Finally, an arm came out of the hole. The rest of his body quickly followed.
Reader, no one knows how the princess got him into the boat. But somehow she did this. Then she rowed the boat to shore as fast as she could.
Using all her strength again, she pulled the prince onto land.
His cheeks were pale, and his eyes were closed.
"I'm too late," she thought. "He's dead!"
Ellen's chest felt tight. She let out a strange sound, and her eyes filled with . . . tears!
As she cried for the first time ever, raindrops began to fall. And it wasn't an ordinary rain. It was the colors of rubies, sapphires, and emeralds.
The rain grew stronger. Soon water flowed down mountains like liquid gold. Brooks and rivers streamed again. Babies' eyes filled with tiny tears.
The water in the lake rose higher and higher. So did the water in Agnes' cellars.
Crash! A powerful river suddenly burst through the cellars' doors and passages.
"Oh no!" Agnes screamed. The churning flood water swept her away.
The princess continued to cry. She cried so hard, she didn't see the prince open his eyes.
"Are you crying for me?" he asked.
"You're alive!" The princess leaped up, forgetting to grab rocks. But she didn't float away. Instead she tumbled back down onto the ground!
"You fell!" The prince was amazed. "That means . . . You have gravity!"
Everyone in the kingdom rejoiced. Soon afterward Ellen and the prince got married. They had many children, who all had gravity.
Together they laughed and cried, and lived happily ever after.