After a few days the ape, considering the way well prepared for his plans, called upon the datto and said:  “My master requests you to give him your daughter in marriage.  I am authorized to make all the arrangements with you for the wedding, if you consent to it.”

“Very well,” answered the chief, “but before we arrange matters I wish to see my future son-in-law.  Ask him to come to see me, and I will receive him in a manner befitting his rank.”

The ape returned home and said to Masoy, who knew nothing at all of the negotiations with the chief:  “I have good news for you.  The chief wants to see you, for he intends to give you his daughter in marriage.”

“What are you chattering about?” answered Masoy.  “Have you lost your senses?  Don’t you know that I am too poor to marry the chief’s daughter?  I have not even decent clothes to wear and no means of getting any.”

“Do not worry about the clothes.  I will get them for you somewhere,” replied the ape.

“And how shall I talk?  You know that I am ignorant of city ways.”

“Oh, Masoy, don’t trouble about that!  Just answer ‘Yes’ to the questions they ask you and you will be all right.”

Finally Masoy consented to go, and went down to the river to wash off the dirt and grime.  A rich merchant was bathing some distance up the river, and the ape slipped along the bank, stole the merchant’s clothes, hat, and shoes, and running back swiftly to his master, bade him put them on.  Masoy did so, and found himself, for the first time in his life, so well dressed that he no longer hesitated about going to the chief’s house.  When they arrived there they found that the chief was expecting them and had made a big feast and reception in honor of his future son-in-law.  The chief began to talk about the wedding and said: 

“Shall we have the wedding in your palace, Masoy?”

“Yes,” answered Masoy.

“You have a large palace, I suppose, have n’t you, sir?”

“Yes,” was the reply.

“Don’t you think it would be well for us to go there this afternoon?”

“Yes,” was again the reply.

Meanwhile the ape had disappeared.  He went along the road towards home and said to all the people he met:  “The datto will be along this way pretty soon and when he asks you to whom all these farms and cattle belong, you must say that they are Masoy’s, for otherwise he will kill you.”

The ape knew that in a certain spot stood an enchanted palace invisible to men.  He went to the place, and just where the front of the house appeared whenever it was visible, he began to dig a ditch.  The witch who lived in the house appeared and asked:  “What are you ditching there for, Mr. Ape?”

“Oh, madam,” was his answer, “have n’t you heard the news?  The chief is coming this way soon, and is going to have all witches and the low animals like myself put to death.  For this reason I am digging a pit to hide myself in.”