Well, she did that because she thought it'd be easier to catch him and skin him that way.

[He cracks his eyes open halfway, smiling warmly at him before letting them fall closed again.]

She began chasing him, and quite unsurprisingly, the prince-cat ran. But being a cat, he got mixed-up about which way was the right way to go, and so he ended up running into the forest surrounding the castle instead.

The witch chased after him. But the prince's elder brother, who had been nearby all along, overheard the commotion, and ran after them as well.