‘What does her ladyship demand of us?’
‘I desire that my pond again be filled with water, and that it have more water and more fish than before.’
Well, she awoke him; he found the pond full of water. He was quite delighted and returned to the house.
‘Finished already?’ the witch asked him.
‘Yes, mother, I have finished.’ [[195]]
She goes out and sees that the pond is full of water and fish. She comes into the house again, and says she to herself, ‘What are we going to do now with him? However, he must be killed to-morrow.’
She gave him food and drink; thereafter he went to bed.
His wife came to him and said, ‘We must escape this very night. But should our mother pursue us, I will then change myself into a lovely flower, and you shall change yourself into a beautiful meadow.’
‘Very well.’
‘And if you see it is our father that pursues us, then I will change myself into a church, and you shall change yourself into an old man.’