when the tailor heard that, he took his pocket-handkerchief, pressed it on the grass, and when it was moist with dew, washed the sockets of his eyes with it. immediately was fulfilled what the man on the gallows had said, and a couple of healthy new eyes filled the sockets. it was not long before the tailor saw the sun rise behind the mountains; in the plain before him lay the great royal city with its magnificent gates and hundred towers, and the golden balls and crosses which were on the spires began to shine. he could distinguish every leaf on the trees, saw the birds which flew past, and the midges which danced in the air.