when morning came she arose, and the old toad gave her three needles out of the great box which she was to take with her; they would be needed by her, for she had to cross a high glass mountain, and go over three piercing swords and a great lake. if she did all this she would get her lover back again. then she gave her three things, which she was to take the greatest care of, namely, three large needles, a plough-wheel, and three nuts. with these she travelled onwards, and when she came to the glass mountain which was so slippery, she stuck the three needles first behind her feet and then before them, and so got over it, and when she was over it, she hid them in a place which she marked carefully. after this she came to the three piercing swords, and then she seated herself on her plough-wheel, and rolled over them.