now the king thought he had taken every precaution to protect his daughter , and went off to war . in the meantime the princess and her maid sat in the tower . but in the city there were a number of brave young sons of kings , as well as other young men , who would have liked to have talked to the beautiful maiden . and when they found that this was forbidden them , they conceived a great hatred for the king . at length they took counsel with an old woman who was wiser than most folk . they told her to arrange matters in such wise that the king 's daughter and her maid might come into disrepute , without their having anything to do with it . the old hag promised to help them , enchanted some apples , laid them in a basket , and went to the lonely tower in which the maidens lived .
make each of the maidens a present of an apple .
what will the old woman do with the apples ?
what will the old woman do with the apples ?