so when she had rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, and wept till she was tired, she set out on her way, and walked many, many days, till she came to a lofty crag. under it sat an old hag, and played with a gold apple which she tossed about. here the lassie asked if she knew the way to the prince, who lived with his step-mother in the castle, that lay east of the sun and west of the moon, and who was to marry the princess with a nose three ells long.