‘Finished already?’ asked the mother.
‘Yes. I have finished.’
She went forth to see if it was true. There was the forest as it had been before.
Then the mother said, ‘What are we to do with him now?’
She gave him food and drink.
She arose next morning, this witch. ‘Hearken, you shall have my daughter to wife if you perform for me yet one more feat.’
‘Very well, mother.’
‘There is a very large pond here; you must drain it dry.’
‘Willingly.’
‘But beware of letting a single fish in it perish.’