He made haste then to enter the glass palace , and went up to the young girl and spoke to her . At first he nearly frightened the life out of her , but he talked to her so kindly and explained how he had come down there that she soon recovered from her alarm , and was very pleased to have some company to relieve the terrible solitude that she lived in . Time passed so quickly for both of them that the youth -LRB- for now he was quite a young man , and no more a lad -RRB- forgot altogether how long he had been there . One day the girl said to him that now it was close on the time when he must become a fish again -- the troll would soon call him home , and he would have to go , but before that he must put on the shape of the fish , otherwise he could not pass through the sea alive . Before this , while he was staying down there , she had told him that she was a daughter of the same troll whom the youth served , and he had shut her up there to keep her away from everyone . She had now devised a plan by which they could perhaps succeed in getting to see each other again , and spending the rest of their lives together . But there was much to attend to , and he must give careful heed to all that she told him . She told him then that all the kings in the country round about were in debt to her father the troll , and the king of a certain kingdom , the name of which she told him , was the first who had to pay , and if he could not do so at the time appointed he would lose his head . ` And he can not pay , ' said she ; ' I know that for certain . Now you must , first of all , give up your service with my father ; the three years are past , and you are at liberty to go . You will go off with your six bushels of money , to the kingdom that I have told you of , and there enter the service of the king . When the time comes near for his debt becoming due you will be able to notice by his manner that he is ill at ease . You shall then say to him that you know well enough what it is that is weighing upon him -- that it is the debt which he owes to the troll and can not pay , but that you can lend him the money . The amount is six bushels -- just what you have . You shall , however , only lend them to him on condition that you may accompany him when he goes to make the payment , and that you then have permission to run before him as a fool . When you arrive at the troll 's abode , you must perform all kinds of foolish tricks , and see that you break a whole lot of his windows , and do all other damage that you can . My father will then get very angry , and as the king must answer for what his fool does he will sentence him , even although he has paid his debt , either to answer three questions or to lose his life . The first question my father will ask will be , `` Where is my daughter ? '' Then you shall step forward and answer `` She is at the bottom of the sea . '' He will then ask you whether you can recognise her , and to this you will answer `` Yes . ''
Then he will bring forward a whole troop XXXXX women , and cause them to pass before you , in order that you may pick out the one that you take for his daughter .
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