'Why don't you run away, as she treats you so badly?'
'I can't, my brothers and sisters are prisoners of the witch. She keeps that door closed and looked. She turned them both into wooden statues. They can only be freed if the liquid in the golden jar is thrown over them. But the container with the liquid was locked in a chest in the room that nobody was allowed to enter. Pearl and the rat are prisoners of the witch. They want to escape but also want to rescue the rats sister and brother before they leave.