Then he turned the belt three times, and said:
“I wish for the queen fairy.”
And she came, and was delighted, and said: “Now you must come and slay the witch,” and she handed him a bow and arrow, telling him to use it right and tight when he got to the hut.
So he went off to the wood, and found the witch in her hut, and she begged for mercy.
“Oh no, you have done too much mischief,” he said, and he shot her.
Then the queen fairy appeared, and sent him to gather dry wood to make a fire. When the fire was made she sent him to fetch the witch’s wand, which she cast into the flames, saying:
“Now, mark my word, all the devils of hell will be here.”
And when the wand began to burn all the devils came and tried to snatch it from the fire, but the queen raised her wand, saying:
“Through this powerful wand
that I hold in my hand,
Through this bow and arrow
I have caused her to be slain,
That she may leave our domain.
Now take her up high
into the sky,
And let her burst asunder
as a clap of thunder.
Then take her to hell
and there let her dwell,
To all eternity.”
And the wand was burnt, and the devils carried the witch off in a noise like thunder.