Then Childe Rowland went on and on, till he came to some hens with eyes of fire.
An old woman was with them.
"Where is the Dark Tower?" asked Childe Rowland.
"Go on and look for a hill," said the old woman. "Go around the hill three times. Each time you go around say:
'Open, door! open, door!
Let me come in.'
When you have gone three times around, a door will open. Go in."
Childe Rowland did not like to cut off the head of the old woman, but he thought of what the wise man had told him.
So he took hold of the sword, and off went her head.
After this he went on and on and on, till he came to a hill.