hereupon he was much troubled, and asked the old fisherman if that was true? the fisherman told him that once when he was fishing he had drawn him out of the water. so the boy said he would go forth and seek his father. the fisherman, however, entreated him to stay, but he would not let himself be hindered, and at last the fisherman consented. then the boy went on his way and walked for many days, and at last he came to a great piece of water by the side of which stood an old woman fishing.