after a while, a second giant was standing in the road, who took the drummer from the first, and stuck him in his button-hole. the drummer laid hold of the button, which was as large as a dish, held on by it, and looked merrily around. then they came to a third giant, who took him out of the button-hole, and set him on the rim of his hat. then the drummer walked backwards and forwards up above, and looked over the trees, and when he perceived a mountain in the blue distance, he thought, "that must be the glass-mountain," and so it was. the giant only made two steps more, and they reached the foot of the mountain, where the giant put him down. the drummer demanded to be put on the summit of the glass-mountain, but the giant shook his head, growled something in his beard, and went back into the forest.