Has it gone mad?" the horrified prince thought to himself. "Is my son all right?
One morning, as Llewelyn mounted his horse to go hunting, he noticed that Gelert was missing. An impatient man. he rode off without the dog. When the hunt ended, he returned to the castle and was about to enter his room when Gelert came rushing out excitedly to greet him. The prince froze in horror when he saw that the dog had bloodstains on its jaws.