for some time they had fair wind and fine weather, but after that they lay wind-bound under a rocky island. so the sailors went ashore and strolled about to spend the time, and there they found a huge egg, almost as big as a little house. so they began to knock it about with large stones, but, after all, they couldn't crack the shell. then the lad came up with his sword to see what all the noise was about, and when he saw the egg, he thought it a trifle to crack it; so he gave it one blow and the egg split, and out came a chicken as big as an elephant.