This folktale tells the story of an elderly couple's daughter married a prince due to the blessings of Maitreya. There was an couple who went daily to pray at a temple to Maitreya that they might find a good match for their daughter. One day, a begger, having seen the couple pray many times, hid behind the statue of Maitreya and spoke out, telling the couple to prepare a dowry and give their daughter to a beggar who would come to their door the next day. Thinking this was Maitreya speaking, the couple prepared a dowry and to give their daughter away the next day. Before the beggar arrived the next day, however, the daughter took her dowry and ran away. In the end, she met the prince while he was hunting and ended up marrying him.