Follow the path until you come to a cottage which is painted a purple color with white trimmings.
When you stop at the gate of this cottage we will tell you what to do next.

Be careful, above all, not to stumble and spill the water from the kettle, or you would destroy us and all you have done would be in vain." The goldfish issued these commands and Ervic promised to be careful and started to obey.

He left his sleeping comrades in the boat, stepping cautiously over their bodies, and on reaching the shore took exactly one hundred steps to the east.

Then he looked for the path and the moonlight was so bright that he easily discovered it, although it was hidden from view by tall weeds until one came full upon it.

This path was very narrow and did not seem to be much used, but it was quite distinct and Ervic had no difficulty in following it.