And none knew whither they had gone , or how to seek them . Now there lived in a town a few miles off a soldier who had three sons , fine youths and strong , and the best players at shinny in that country . At Christmastide that year , when families met together and great feasts were held , Ian , the youngest of the three brothers , said : ` Let us have a match at shinny on the lawn of the knight of Grianaig , for his lawn is wider and the grass smoother than ours . ' But the others answered : ` Nay , for he is in sorrow , and he will think of the games that we have played there when his daughters looked on . ' ` Let him be pleased or angry as he will , ' said Ian ; ` we will drive our ball on his lawn to-day . ' And so it was done , and Ian won three games from his brothers . But the knight looked out of his window , and was wroth ; and bade his men bring the youths before him . When he stood in his hall and beheld them , his heart was softened somewhat ; but his face was angry as he asked : ` Why did you choose to play shinny in front of my castle when you knew full well that the remembrance of my daughters would come back to me ? The pain which you have made me suffer you shall suffer also . ' ` Since we have done you wrong , ' answered Ian , the youngest , ` build us a ship , and we will go and seek your daughters . Let them be to windward , or to leeward , or under the four brown boundaries of the sea , we will find them before a year and a day goes by , and will carry them back to Grianaig . ' In seven days the ship was built , and great store of food and wine placed in her . And the three brothers put her head to the sea and sailed away , and in seven days the ship ran herself on to a beach of white sand , and they all went ashore . They had none of them ever seen that land before , and looked about them . Then they saw that , a short way from them , a number of men were working on a rock , with one man standing over them . ` What place is this ? ' asked the eldest brother . And the man who was standing by made answer : ` This is the place where dwell the three daughters of the knight of Grianaig , who are to be wedded to-morrow to three giants . ' ` How can we find them ? ' asked the young man again .
And the overlooker answered : ` To reach the daughters XXXXX the knight of Grianaig you must get into this basket , and be drawn by a rope up the face of this rock . '
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