The next day the Duke goes hunting with his suite. Fiercely chasing a
a deer he loses his companions, and in the growing darkness he falls
with his horse into a deep pit - the bear-trap. By pure chance
Calamaria is strolling through the forest, picking magic herbs. As
soon as Satrapold, covered with numerous bruises, manages to pull
himself out of the pit, he sees a beautiful apparition. In the silvery
haze of the forest scenery, embroided with a thousand rays from the
setting sun, a gleaming silhouette of an aetheric fairy resides with a
basket full of strange muck.
During the first few momemnts Satrapold think that these are the first
perceptions of his afterlife and he falls into furious melancholy. But
then the beautiful with Calamaria meticulously tretas his wounds and
he falls hopelessly in love with her. Although Calamaria refuses his
offer to walk her home, she accepts an invitation to the castle.
Satrapold, thought, does not have the slightest idea who she might
be
