content: once upon a time there was a proud prince who had a daughter . but the daughter was a child of ill luck . when it came time for her to marry , she had all her suitors assemble before her father 's palace . she was going to throw down a ball of red silk among them , and whoever caught it was to be her husband . now there were many princes and counts gathered before the castle , and in their midst there was also a beggar . and the princess could see dragons crawling into his ears and crawling out again from his nostrils , for he was a child of luck . so she threw the ball to the beggar and he caught it . her father asked angrily : " why did you throw the ball into the beggar 's hands ? "
answer: the beggar .
question: who caught the ball of red silk ?
target: who caught the ball of red silk ?
references: who caught the ball of red silk ?