Then take her to hell
and there let her dwell,
To all eternity."

And the wand was burnt, and the devils carried the witch off in a
noise like thunder.

The twelve months were up on that day, and the fairy said to the
fisherman:

"Take your chief and your brother, and put out to sea half-a-mile,
where you'll see a red spot, bright as the sun on the water; cast in
your net on the sea-side of the spot, and pull to the shore."

They did as the queen commanded, and when they pulled the net on the
shore they found the copper vessel.

"Now open it," said the queen to the fisherman with the belt, "but
cover your belt with your coat first."

And he did so, and when he opened the copper a ball of smoke rose
into the air, and suddenly the merman stood before them, and said:

"The first four months that I was in prison,
I swore I'd make the man as rich as a king,
The man who released me.
But there was no release, no release, no release.

The second four months that I was in prison,
I swore I'd make the water run red,