‘And thou, what hast thou done?’
‘I did—that a brother dug out a brother’s eyes.’
‘If he knew, there’s a brook here, and if he washed himself, he would see.’
‘If the townsfolk knew to go to the mountain and remove the stone, the water would flow again.’
And the third said, ‘But if the emperor’s daughter knew, under her bed there is a toad, and if she takes it out, and gets ready a bath, and puts the toad in the bath, and if they wash her, she would grow strong.’
Then the cocks crowed, and the devils departed.
So the man dragged himself to the brook, and kept feeling with his hand till he found the water. And he washed his face, and his eyes were restored to him. And he went into the city where they had stopped the water. ‘What will you give me if I release the water?’
‘What you want, we will give you.’
‘Well, come with me to the mountain, take to you iron crowbars.’
So they went to the mountain, and raised the stone; and the water flowed plentifully.