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As they were now set free, Roland said: 'Now I will go to my

father and arrange for the wedding.' 'Then in the meantime I will

stay here and wait for you,' said the girl, 'and that no one may

recognize me, I will change myself into a red stone landmark.'

Then Roland went away, and the girl stood like a red landmark in

the field and waited for her beloved. But when Roland got home,

he fell into the snares of another, who so fascinated him that he

forgot the maiden. The poor girl remained there a long time, but

at length, as he did not return at all, she was sad, and changed

herself into a flower, and thought: 'Someone will surely come

this way, and trample me down.'