A good while after Sigurd had gone below the Queen saw something black on the sea , which seemed to be coming nearer . As it approached she could make out that it was a boat , and could see the figure of some one sitting in it and rowing it . At last the boat came alongside the ship , and now the Queen saw that it was a stone boat , out of which there came up on board the ship a fearfully ugly Witch . The Queen was more frightened than words can describe , and could neither speak a word nor move from the place so as to awaken the King or the sailors . The Witch came right up to the Queen , took the child from her and laid it on the deck ; then she took the Queen , and stripped her of all her fine clothes , which she proceeded to put on herself , and looked then like a human being . Last of all she took the Queen , put her into the boat , and said -- ` This spell I lay upon you , that you slacken not your course until you come to my brother in the Underworld . ' The Queen sat stunned and motionless , but the boat at once shot away from the ship with her , and before long she was out of sight . When the boat could no longer be seen the child began to cry , and though the Witch tried to quiet it she could not manage it ; so she went below to where the King was sleeping with the child on her arm , and awakened him , scolding him for leaving them alone on deck , while he and all the crew were asleep . It was great carelessness of him , she said , to leave no one to watch the ship with her . Sigurd was greatly surprised to hear his Queen scold him so much , for she had never said an angry word to him before ; but he thought it was quite excusable in this case , and tried to quiet the child along with her , but it was no use . Then he went and wakened the sailors , and bade them hoist the sails , for a breeze had sprung up and was blowing straight towards the harbour . They soon reached the land which Sigurd was to rule over , and found all the people sorrowful for the old King 's death , but they became glad when they got Sigurd back to the Court , and made him King over them . The King 's son , however , hardly ever stopped crying from the time he had been taken from his mother on the deck of the ship , although he had always been such a good child before , so that at last the King had to get a nurse for him -- one of the maids of the Court . As soon as the child got into her charge he stopped crying , and behaved well as before . After the sea-voyage it seemed to the King that the Queen had altered very much in many ways , and not for the better . He thought her much more haughty and stubborn and difficult to deal with than she used to be . Before long others began to notice this as well as the King . In the Court there were two young fellows , one of eighteen years old , the other of nineteen , who were very fond of playing chess , and often sat long inside playing at it . Their room was next the Queen 's , and often during the day they heard the Queen talking . One day they paid more attention than usual when they heard her talk , and put their ears close to a crack in the wall between the rooms , and heard the Queen say quite plainly , ` When I yawn a little , then I am a nice little maiden ; when I yawn half-way , then I am half a troll ; and when I yawn fully , then I am a troll altogether . '
As she said this she yawned tremendously , and XXXXX a moment had put on the appearance of a fearfully ugly troll .
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