The narrator tells the prince that the fox is making a fuss over his return, and the prince is worried about how he will deal with him. The prince decides to take the fox to eat some snacks. The narrator complains that the prince hasn't been feeding the boy for three days, and that the boy has passed out. He asks the prince if he's going to starve the boy to death, but the prince says that he'll give him some hot porridge and some nectar to keep him warm. He tells the boy that he has a lot to share with him, and asks him to eat first. The young prince asks the narrator to forgive him for not giving him food or water during the three days he was in jail, and he says that it's his fault, but that it was the prince's fault that he didn't allow him to scold him. He says that the young prince can eat whatever he wants in his mansion, and if he wants to do anything, he can do it.