When he came home he put all the fishes together into a great dish , but he kept the Crab separate because it shone so beautifully , and placed it upon a high shelf in the cupboard . Now while the old woman , his wife , was cleaning the fish , and had tucked up her gown so that her feet were visible , she suddenly heard a voice , which said : ` Let down , let down thy petticoat That lets thy feet be seen . ' She turned round in surprise , and then she saw the little creature , the Golden Crab . ` What ! You can speak , can you , you ridiculous crab ? ' she said , for she was not quite pleased at the Crab 's remarks . Then she took him up and placed him on a dish . When her husband came home and they sat down to dinner , they presently heard the Crab 's little voice saying , ` Give me some too . ' They were all very much surprised , but they gave him something to eat . When the old man came to take away the plate which had contained the Crab 's dinner , he found it full of gold , and as the same thing happened every day he soon became very fond of the Crab . One day the Crab said to the fisherman 's wife , ` Go to the King and tell him I wish to marry his younger daughter . ' The old woman went accordingly , and laid the matter before the King , who laughed a little at the notion of his daughter marrying a crab , but did not decline the proposal altogether , because he was a prudent monarch , and knew that the Crab was likely to be a prince in disguise . He said , therefore , to the fisherman 's wife , ` Go , old woman , and tell the Crab I will give him my daughter if by to-morrow morning he can build a wall in front of my castle much higher than my tower , upon which all the flowers of the world must grow and bloom . ' The fisherman 's wife went home and gave this message . Then the Crab gave her a golden rod , and said , ` Go and strike with this rod three times upon the ground on the place which the King showed you , and to-morrow morning the wall will be there . ' The old woman did so and went away again . The next morning , when the King awoke , what do you think he saw ? The wall stood there before his eyes , exactly as he had bespoken it ! Then the old woman went back to the King and said to him , ` Your Majesty 's orders have been fulfilled . ' ` That is all very well , ' said the King , ` but I can not give away my daughter until there stands in front of my palace a garden in which there are three fountains , of which the first must play gold , the second diamonds , and the third brilliants . '
So the old woman had to strike again three times XXXXX the ground with the rod , and the next morning the garden was there .
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