While loops, if-else statements: Guess my number game

I'm a beginner using python, and am writing a "guess my number game". So far I have everything working fine. The computer picks a random number between 1 and 3 and asks the player to guess the number. If the guess is higher than the random number, the program prints "Lower", and vice versa. The player only has 5 tries, and when they run out, the player gets a message and the game ends. If the player guesses correctly, they are congratulated and the game ends. However, sometimes when the number is guessed correctly, the program doesn't print the congratulatory message and I can't figure out why...

import random

print("\tWelcome to 'Guess My Number'!:")
print("\nI'm thinking of a numer between 1 and 100.")
print("Guess carefully, you only have 5 tries!.\n")

#sets initial values
the_number = random.randint(1,3)
guess = int(input("Take a guess: "))
tries = 1
guesses = 4


#guessing loop
while guess != the_number:
    if guess > the_number:
        print("Lower...")
    elif guesses <= 0:
        print("Sorry, you're out of guesses! Try again...")
        break

    elif guess < the_number:
        print("Higher...")



    guess = int(input("Take a guess: "))
    tries += 1
    guesses -= 1

    if guess == the_number:
        print("You guessed it! The number was", the_number)
        print("And it only took you", tries, "tries!\n")