"So when they had been a while on the way, and had travelled far, far away over land and strand, the ass said one day,
"'Do you see anything?'
"'I see naught,' said Boots, 'but land and water and bare sky and high crags.'
"So they went on far and farther than far, and then the ass said again,
"'Do you see anything now?'
"'Yes,' when he had looked well before him, he saw something a long, long way off, that shone like a little star.
"'It will be big enough by-and-by,' said the ass.
"When they had gone a good bit still, the ass asked,
"'Do you see anything now?'
"'Now I see it shining like a moon,' said the lad.