This fairy tale was inspired by the one told by Princess Polly in one of Amy Brooks' stories for young girls: of which, perhaps, more later. In it we discover how the prince broke the enchanted spell and won the hand of the beautiful maiden, Cymbrel.
I sometimes think of questions even Dr Google can't answer, so I write a plausible story to answer them. In this tale, the question is: what did our ancient ancestors do when there weren't enough caves for everyone.