The prince fell ill with longing, and said that only a loaf of bread baked by the shepherdess would cure him. She made it, and her ring fell into the dough. When he ate it, he found the ring and declared he would marry only the woman whose finger it fitted.
The prince fell ill with a desire for the shepherdess's bread, which was made with a ring that he discovered after eating it. He then demanded marriage from the woman whose finger the ring fitted.